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Download full textUS Department of Education, 2025
Under section 1001 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA), the purpose of the Title I, Part A program (Title I, Part A) is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education as well as to close educational achievement gaps. The…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Guidance, Elementary Secondary Education
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Direct linkRyser, Gail R.; Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E. – Gifted Child Today, 2014
Using assessment data to determine student growth has become an integral part of the accountability movement, and researchers and educators are currently examining how new rules impact the academic assessment of gifted learners. In 2008, the Association for the Gifted's Annual Symposium at the Council for Exceptional Children Convention focused on…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Accountability, Models, Student Development
Finkel, Ed – District Administration, 2012
At some level, principals always have been instructional leaders--but never before has their role been more prominent. First, the accountability movement--No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in particular--thrust principals into the spotlight on academic achievement. Then budget cuts peeled away capacity at both the district and school levels, thinning…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Role, Accountability
Ratcliffe, Martin J.A.; Harts, Melissa L. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
What turns a good school into a great school? With today's schools under enormous pressure to make adequate yearly progress (AYP), the answers are more important than ever--and this essential guidebook gives K-12 administrators and educators scores of proven, concrete strategies to help their school succeed. Authors Martin Ratcliffe and Melissa…
Descriptors: Expertise, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Finnigan, Kara; Adelman, Nancy; Anderson, Lee; Cotton, Lynyonne; Donnelly, Mary Beth; Price, Tiffany – US Department of Education, 2004
The findings from this study show that the Public Charter Schools Program is achieving its intended purpose: to provide states with flexible funding to support new charter schools. As can be evidenced by their growing popularity, charters are an important educational option for the nearly three-quarters of a million students who attend…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Charter Schools, Financial Support, Program Evaluation
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1991
This manual contains information about the selection and implementation of a meal counting and claiming system for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (BSP). Federal reimbursement is provided for each meal that meets program requirements and is served to an eligible student. Part 1 explains the six elements of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Breakfast Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1978
The impact of institutional efforts to validate Basic Educational Opportunity Grant applications was assessed during 1978-1979. Attention was directed to: detecting possible underpayment and overpayment to Basic Grant applicants due to inaccurate reporting; assessing the adequacy of the pre-established criteria for detecting possible misreporting;…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Disclosure, Eligibility
Smith, Karen; And Others – 1978
Procedures for validating data reported by students and parents on an application for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants were developed in 1978 for the U.S. Office of Education (OE). Validation activities include: validation of flagged Student Eligibility Reports (SERs) for students whose schools are part of the Alternate Disbursement System;…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Disclosure, Eligibility
Gordon, Steven D. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1996
The federal government's war on fraud, waste, and abuse in expenditure of federal funds has reached college campuses. Institutions that fail to heed this development are vulnerable to harsh sanctions. They must tighten accounting practices and recognize their liability for fraudulent practices of faculty and students. Internal investigations and…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Compliance (Legal), Crime
Novalis, Carol; Murphy, Maureen – 1979
Reporting of zero/low income by applicants for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOGs) was studied, with attention to the extent that such reporting was inaccurate. The BEOG applicant database was studied to gain understanding of the characteristics of those who report zero-income on Basic Grant applications. A random sample of 400,000 BEOG…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Dependents, Disclosure
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1996
This guide is designed as an in-house tool for postsecondary educational institutions to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of their administration of financial aid programs in compliance with federal laws and regulations. References to current regulations or, where final regulations have not yet been issued, to statute, are included for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Check Lists, College Role
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1997
Extensive workshop materials are presented in this 1997 training guide for fiscal officers, business officers, bursars, loan managers, and others who have responsibility for Title IV college student financial aid programs. Workbook type material is provided for nine workshop sessions that cover the following topics: (1) Institutional…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Audits (Verification), Databases
