This paper describes the need of educators for small-area data on low-income populations, how it has been met in the past ten years, and some of the steps that have been taken to improve the effectiveness of the data for federal purposes. The first section concentrates on how concern for the low-income pupil is translated into a quantitative…

In this report, the feasibility of alternative allocation strategies that would determine school district Title I allocations using district level poverty data and/or mandating the use of a single formula for the calculation of Title I grants is explored. The three criteria, availability of data, reliability of data, and administrative complexity…