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Effect of Selected Variables on Funding State Compensatory and Regular Education in Texas
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Wiesman, Karen Wheeler – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Funding public schools has been an ongoing struggle since the inception of the United States. Beginning with Jefferson's "A General Diffusion of Knowledge" that charged the states with properly funding public schools, to the current day legal battles that continue in states across the Union, America struggles with finding a solution to…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Public Schools, State Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
How Fiscal Accountability and Program Quality Can be Insured For Chapter 1.
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Odden, Allan – 1987
This paper reviews the economic and political science literature, and the literature on Chapter 1/Title I in order to identify policy options that retain adequate fiscal accountability as well as insure program quality. Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 is the successor to Title I of the Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Quality
Chapter 1 under the 1988 Amendments: Implementation from the State Vantage Point.
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Turnbull, Brenda J.; And Others – 1992
A study was done of the state level perspective on Chapter 1 program implementation under the 1988 amendments to the Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Act. In 1991-92, the study surveyed 50 out of 53 Chapter 1 coordinators in state education agencies (SEAs) whose offices are responsible for communicating the law's provisions to school…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Implementation of the Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act in Texas: A Summary of Case Studies.
Kapes, Jerome T.; White, G. Ray – 1990
Case studies were conducted at the state and local level in Texas to evaluate the impact of the Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act. Changes in vocational education at the state level that could be attributed to the Carl Perkins Act (CPA) included: (1) a smaller state advisory council with a majority representing business and industry; (2) a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Disabilities
Analysis of Nevada School Accountability System (Based on NRS 385.347) Submitted to Nevada State Legislature.
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Smith, David L. – 1995
During the 1993 session, the Nevada State Legislature enacted into law Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) 385.347, commonly known as the Nevada School Accountability Law. It requires all schools in Nevada to inform the public of the performance of public schools throughout the state. School accountability was accomplished through a system of reports…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Governor's Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) Program: Year One Evaluation Report. Policy Evaluation Report
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Springer, Matthew G.; Podgursky, Michael J.; Lewis, Jessica L.; Ehlert, Mark W.; Gardner, Catherine G.; Ghoshdastidar, Bonnie; Lopez, Omar S.; Patterson, Christine H.; Taylor, Lori L. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2007
This report presents findings stemming from the first-year evaluation of the Governor's Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) program, one of several statewide performance incentive programs in Texas. In the fall of 2006, the GEEG program made available non-competitive, three-year grants to 99 schools ranging from $60,000 to $220,000 per year. Grants…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Economically Disadvantaged, Research Reports