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Program Site
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Type of Student
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Deficiencies
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Program Duration
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Results
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Accelerated Skills
Program,
City and County Schools
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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110 middle school
students
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All had failed the 8th
grade and were expected to repeat the grade.
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6-week summer program
Total hours: 90
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Number of students
promoted to ninth grade: 105
Average grade-level
gain in Reading: 1.5 grade levels
Average grade-level
gain in Math: 0.5 grade level
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Coatsville Alternative
Program
Coatsville, Pennsylvania
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30 students in
alternative program, grades 9-12
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Average grade levels
behind: 2.5
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Average number of hours in PLS
instruction: 45
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Average grade-level
gain in Reading, Math, and Language: 3.2 grade
levels
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Community Intensive
Treatment for Youth (C.I.T.Y.) of Alabama
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466 adjudicated
delinquent youth
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Average grade levels
behind: 3.4
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Total hours: 45
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Average grade-level
gain: 1.0 grade level
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Decatur High School
Decatur, Alabama
(Comparison of students
in PLS Lab with students remaining in traditional classroom)
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Eleventh and twelfth
graders:
139 in PLS Lab
141 in traditional
classroom
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All had scored below
mastery on at least one section of the Alabama High School Basic Skills
Exit Exam.
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Two semesters
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Exam pass rate for students
in PLS Lab: Reading — 76.5%
Math — 74.5%
Language — 81.2%
Exam pass rate for
students in traditional classroom:
Reading —47.5%
Math — 48.1%
Language — 42.6%
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Workforce Training
HOL-MAC Manufacturing
Company, Bay Springs and Winona, Mississippi
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51 adult workers
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Reading, Math, and Language
deficiencies
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Average number of hours in PLS
Lab: 16.7
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Average grade-level
gain in Reading, Math, and Language: 2.0 grade
levels
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