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Download full textMarks, Ellen L.; Bogart, Joanne – 1986
Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act provides basic grants to local school districts to provide supplemental services for disadvantaged students. Additionally, Chapter 1 authorizes smaller programs which provide services for students from migrant families, students in state facilities for the handicapped, and students in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Neglect, Children, Delinquency
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1991
Chapter 1 programs in Arkansas are evaluated in this report. The federally funded program provides financial assistance to state and local educational agencies to meet the needs of educationally deprived children residing in districts with high concentrations of low-income families. This report lists federal requirements for state compliance with…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1986
This report presents a summary of South Carolina's utilization of Title I/Chapter 1 funds as an educational resource for educationally deprived children from 1981 through 1985. It also identifies those projects exhibiting the greatest gains in student achievement during 1985. During the five years studied, there were steady decreases in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. Div. of Federal Programs. – 1984
This report evaluates education programs within the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Board of Education which received funds under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981. In addition to fulfilling legal requirements, the report serves as a critique of the effectiveness of program management and leadership at local,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Walberg, Herbert J. – 1984
Analysis of the history of Chapter 1, the Federal program for the education of the disadvantaged, and a review of the research into the program's effectiveness show the inefficiency of Federal influence and funds in local schools. Chapter 1 has done little good for students: it has neither raised the achievement of the educationally deprived and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Disadvantaged, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBorman, Geoffrey D.; D'Agostino, Jerome V.; Wong, Kenneth K.; Hedges, Larry V. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1998
Documents the longitudinal achievement growth of Chapter I students based on nationally representative data from the Prospects Study, which focuses on two- and three-year patterns of Chapter I participation for as many as 40,000 students in three grade cohorts. Overall, significant positive results generally were restricted to the more advantaged…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cohort Analysis, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Chimerine, Carrie B.; And Others – 1994
This report discusses the accomplishments and limitations of the Nine-Site Program Improvement initiative, a 3-year venture in which federal contractors provided technical assistance to schools. The contractors, Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Centers (TACs) and Rural Technical Assistance Centers (RTACs) received about $60,000 per year for their…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Educationally Disadvantaged
Birman, Beatrice F.; And Others – 1987
This final report is part of a national assessment on the Chapter 1 Compensatory education program. The assessment, which began in 1984, includes national data through 1987. The topics covered in the report are the following: (1) program framework; (2) findings and implications of the national assessment; (3) distribution, character, and selection…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged
RMC Research Corp., Portsmouth, NH. – 1996
Title I, the largest federal aid program for elementary, middle, and high schools, is introduced in this publication, which includes both English and Spanish versions. Through Title I, the Federal government gives money to school districts around the country based on the number of low-income families in each district. Each district uses Title I…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged
Askins, William; Tierney, William – 1990
The High School Public Law 89-313 Instructional Support Program was designed to enhance the education of handicapped high school students who were formerly enrolled in state-operated or state-supported settings prior to being transferred to a New York City public school. Eligible students are those with handicapping conditions who may be…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Compensatory Education, Federal Aid, High School Students
Puma, Michael J.; Karweit, Nancy; Price, Cristofer; Ricciuti, Anne; Thompson, William; Vaden-Kiernan, Michael – 1997
This report is one of a series presenting findings from "Prospects: The Congressionally Mandated Study of Educational Growth and Opportunity." This study, conducted in response to the 1988 Hawkins-Stafford Amendments, was a major effort to examine the effects of Chapter 1 on student achievement and other school-related educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This hearing commemorates the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and more specifically of Title I of the Act, later continued through Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA). This legislation mandated Federal aid for the compensatory education of educationally…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Glenn, Charles – 1987
In order to improve desegregation of the elementary schools, and the low achievement level of elementary schools with high concentrations of poor and minority students, the Massachusetts Board of Education placed a coordinated approach to improving urban schools first among its objectives. The following educational objectives were set for each…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Quality, Educationally Disadvantaged
Smith, Marcia A. – 1995
This study examines effective models for use of Chapter 1 funds. The interventions for Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are examined for several Northern California Bay Area elementary schools. Ten teachers answered questions related to the current Chapter 1 program in effect at their school sites. Responses indicate that…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computer Uses in Education, Early Intervention, Educational Change
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1994
The school district in Saginaw (Michigan) operates a supplemental-education delivery system in reading and mathematics that consists of elementary and secondary compensatory education. The elementary program is both a push-in and pull-out program that serves 1,819 students in grades one through five. The secondary program is a self-contained…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
