Chapter 1 programs have been successful, but improvements are still needed. Eligibility requirements should be expanded, and resources should be targeted differently. The gap between disadvantaged students and others remains wide, targeted students are missing part of their regular course of instruction, and achievement gains are not sustained.…

The aim of this paper is to identify the mechanisms that relate participation in programs established by Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to student achievement. It focuses on what happens to students in Chapter 1 programs and how their experiences affect their growth in academic achievement. The paper begins…

This report on Compensatory Education (CE) provides a description of instructional services in basic skills and assesses educational development through the presentation of extensive data. Findings are based on data collected on 81,450 elementary school students enrolled in fifty representative schools during 1976-77 school year, and questionnaire…