SUCCESS FOR SOME - AN EVALUATION OF A SUCCESS FOR ALL PROGRAM

Results from an evaluation of a 3-year Success for All program applied under difficult circumstances show positive effects for the kindergar ten component but a mix of nonsignificant. positive, and negative resu lts for other early elementary grades. Large negative effects were fou nd for achievement ratings of students performance in Years 2 and 3 fo r all cohorts. Previous evaluations have reported results for a limite d range of outcome measures and used a narrow, range of outcome measur es. Future evaluations of Success for All programs should assess attai nment of the stated goal of the program-to get all students reading at grade level by Grade 3. This attempt to implement the program in a di fficult school implies that the program may not be effective wherever and whenever attempted.