Project Echo: Evaluation of the Implementation and Replication of a Child Service Demonstration Project for Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities.

Presented are the findings of Project Echo, a research project designed to replicate an earlier study on a supplementary instructional program for secondary level learning disabled students. Brief introductory sections cover the three major project components (the instructional curriculum, the teacher training materials, and the classroom management handbook), the five replication sites in Texas, and the evaluation design. The bulk of the document is organized around 10 elements--academic achievement, student attendance, student dropouts, parent involvement, community information dissemination, teacher training, Project Echo dissemination, activity audit, instructional content mastery, and teacher perception. For each element, a report is provided which outlines the following: evaluation question of interest, instrumentation, design configuration, data analysis model, design implementation, and evaluation findings. The findings are noted to indicate that the effects of Project Echo intervention on secondary learning disabled students was positive and that the development of additional instructional minimodules in more subject areas should be seriously considered. Technical attachments are provided which include a paper on a screening process related to Project Echo; sample data collection forms; information on the methodology used to investigate student achievement, student attendance, and student dropouts. (SBH)