Using a control group to evaluate a resource room program

Using a control group to evaluate a resource room program USING A CONTROL GROUP TO EVALUATE A RESOURCE ROOM PROGRAM’ JAMES 0. RUST AND LARRY 5. MILLER Middle Tennessee State University WILLIAM H . WILSON Vanderbilt University The effectiveness of a resource room program was examined b testing 162 second- through sixth-grade students who had learning prohems severe enough to qualify them for special services. Half of the students were randomly assigned to a resource rooml while th