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Download full textSchwartz, Wendy – 1995
In response to the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and its amendments, most urban schools have created special programs for homeless students to help them succeed academically and to offer them access to social services and a safe and stress-free environment. Recruitment, enrollment, and service coordination policies are adapted to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Costs, Disadvantaged Youth
Wenning, Richard; Herdman, Paul A.; Smith, Nelson; McMahon, Neal; Washington, Kadesha – 2003
This digest reviews testing and score reporting requirements contained in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and examines factors that could delay or dilute the Act's guarantee of educational accountability for the academic achievement of all children. It outlines how states will implement federally-mandated testing requirements,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Economically Disadvantaged
