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Education Reform and Services to Poor Children: Can the Two Policies Be Compatible?
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Odden, Allan – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
The interaction between state educational reform and curricular services for special needs students, mainly the economically disadvantaged, is discussed in the context of state and federal compensatory education services. Data from eight schools in California suggest that such services can succeed and that excellence and equity can be compatible.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
A Policy Analysis of the Critical Mass Concept in the Allocation of Compensatory Education Funds.
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Dougharty, Laurence A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
Research was undertaken to examine the effects of a critical mass policy (concentrating funds) on student achievement in compensatory education programs in California. No consistent, positive relationship was found between the level or composition of educational resources and achievement test scores in reading and mathematics. (MH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Administrative Policy, Compensatory Education