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Peer reviewedCooley, William W. – Educational Leadership, 1981
School districts should be allowed to dispense with labeling children as disadvantaged and to use the Title I support they receive in schools that have a high proportion of children from poor families. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedWinfield, Linda F. – Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, 1986
Reviews research on the effectiveness of Title I programs in promoting educational equity. Focuses on general evaluations and studies of equity of access, equity of participation, level of participation, and equity of outcomes. Concludes that one reason Title I has failed is that its regulations are confusing and too restrictive. (KH)
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedBresnick, David – Urban Education, 1979
Examines how and why the allocation formulae used to distribute Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I funds reflect a rural bias in American national politics. (Author/BE)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Download full textPassow, A. Harry – 1992
It is more than a quarter century since Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, the first major Federal legislation authorizing funds for compensatory education for the disadvantaged, came into effect. In 1981, Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) replaced Title I. Some Federal funding…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Context Effect
Peterson, Paul E.; And Others – 1987
Over time, compensatory education has become an increasingly institutionalized and effective Federal program, characterized by the following: (1) cooperation; (2) mutual accommodation on the part of national, state, and local officials; (3) ready acquiescence to Federal guidelines at the state and local level; and (4) shared responsibility among…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
