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PDF pending restorationPierson, Gary – 1992
Nearly all school districts in Nevada qualify for Chapter 1 funds for educationally and economically disadvantaged children. All Chapter 1 programs are evaluated annually, and children participating are given pre- and posttests to measure their gains during the school year. Program evaluation data for 1990-91 are summarized. The first section…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Advanced Courses, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education
Download full textOffice of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Compensatory Education Programs. – 1993
Chapter 1 is a federal assistance program that provides supplementary financial aid to public school districts, attempting to improve the educational opportunities of educationally deprived children residing in high poverty areas. The program assists qualified students in both public and private schools. This brochure answers questions that…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth
Rosica, Thomas C. – 1992
This report describes and evaluates Chapter 1 schoolwide programs in the School District of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) since the reauthorization of that legislation in 1988. A brief description of the history and philosophy of Chapter 1 legislation and of the Philadelphia district opens the document. This district serves a population that is 77…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Winfield, Linda F.; And Others – 1992
This report describes a study of the planning, development, and implementation of the first 61 Chapter 1 schoolwide projects established in 1989 in the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) School District, and presents case studies of 6 of those schools. Schools in which 75 percent or more of the students are from low-income families can choose to spend…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Case Studies, Compensatory Education
Office of Policy and Planning (ED), Washington, DC. – 1993
This report examines the Chapter 1 program's impact at school and classroom levels, strategic directions for Chapter 1 reauthorization, the larger context of school poverty as it influences Chapter 1 delivery, the operation and effectiveness of Chapter 1, and new directions for improving Chapter 1 in line with national reforms. How well Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1993
The Independent Review Panel of the National Assessment of Chapter 1 recommends fundamental changes to the program, while endorsing its continuing vital role in meeting the special educational needs of poor and disadvantaged students. The program's focus on low-level basic skills, funding systems that discourage highest-level performance, money…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Irwin, Paul M. – 1992
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, authorizes most federal programs for elementary and secondary education and is administered by the U.S. Department of Education. The major ESEA program is the Chapter 1, Title I program of grants to local education agencies for supplementary educational and related service to…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This report presents the findings of a survey of 51 State Directors of the Chapter 1 compensatory education program taken for the purpose of gathering a current database of information analyzing the effectiveness of implementation of the Chapter 1 program, as amended by the Hawkins-Stafford School Improvement Amendments of 1988. The survey…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Center, Hampton, NH. Region A. – 1992
This publication reports on progress made regarding seven tasks of the Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for Region A (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Chapter 1 is a federal program sponsoring remedial education projects nationwide. The TAC offers services…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Compensatory Education, Coordination, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedClayton, Constance E. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1991
Implementation of schoolwide projects in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) illustrates some of the conceptual problems associated with the Hawkins Stafford accountability amendments to the Chapter 1 supplementary education program. Unintended negative consequences are discussed, and recommendations are made to overcome these problems, including the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation
Sacramento City Unified School District, CA. – 1992
The long-term effects of state compensatory education (SCE) and Chapter 1 programs on the development of basic skills and academic achievement of Sacramento (California) were studied for a sample of over 6,000 SCE and Chapter 1 students in grades 2 through 5. Follow-up and retroactive approaches were used to ascertain the degree to which thinking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Black Students
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1993
A study was done of how Chapter 1 remedial educational services are being provided to private sectarian school students. Federal court ruling had determined that sectarian schools could not receive such funds directly, but that public schools must provide the services to students in sectarian schools. As a consequence, local public schools have…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Compensatory Education, Court Litigation, Economically Disadvantaged
Eberhardt, Clifford – 1992
Assistance offered by the State Department of Education to school districts in Oregon to help them identify aspects of student achievement under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (Hawkins Stafford Amendments of 1988) is discussed. Two hundred ninety-five of the 297 Oregon public school districts have Chapter 1 programs,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Assessment
