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Davidoff, Stephen H. – 1990
This evaluation of compensatory education programs in the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Public Schools, funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, uses an indicator-based multiple-year approach to chart changes between 1985-86 and 1988-89. An educational indicator is a number that provides useful information…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
Davidoff, Stephen H.; And Others – 1989
Valid indicators for a school district's Chapter 1 program that would help districts make decisions and shape policy are defined and explored. The March 1988 report of the School District of Philadelphia's Chapter 1 task force proposed a 2-year phase-in of a totally restructured Chapter 1 program for the Philadelphia schools. The definition of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedDavis, Alan – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1991
The 1988 Hawkins Stafford amendments to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act required that the national evaluation and reporting system for Chapter 1 identify individual school projects in need of improvement. It is argued that the system is unsuited for this purpose, and suggestions for better indicators are provided. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Indicators
Download full textDepartment of Education, Washington, DC. Office of the Under Secretary. – 1995
This biennial report is the 22nd report to the Congress on federally funded education programs and the 13th such report submitted by the Department of Education in fulfillment of a Congressional mandate. For FY 1993-94, there is information on 154 programs administered by the Department. Programs are grouped according to the administering office…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance
