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Download full textJoint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1989
Testimony on economic and social benefits of early childhood education, and on legislation to amend the Head Start Act and provide funds to increase the number of spaces in Head Start was offered at a hearing in New York City. Testimony concerned: (1) the successes of Head Start, the unmet needs of disadvantaged youth, and the need to expand the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Economic Factors, Educational Quality
Gleason, Sarah – NHSA Journal, 1993
Responds to criticism of Head Start by outlining Head Start's goals and design; reviewing research studies of the program's effectiveness; discussing the cost of funding quality programs; and providing examples of expanded Head Start programs that serve infants, toddlers, and school age children, and examples of creative uses of supplementary…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Quality
Davis, Alan; Billig, Shelley H. – 1989
The internal consistency of the Self Assessment Instrument of Chapter 1 Program Quality (SAICPQ) was studied. This instrument is widely used to assess the implementation of exemplary practices in compensatory education. The SAICPQ is a self-report questionnaire consisting of 13 subscales representing correlates of achievement in studies of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Construct Validity, Demonstration Programs, Educational Quality
Glenn, Charles – 1987
In order to improve desegregation of the elementary schools, and the low achievement level of elementary schools with high concentrations of poor and minority students, the Massachusetts Board of Education placed a coordinated approach to improving urban schools first among its objectives. The following educational objectives were set for each…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Quality, Educationally Disadvantaged
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
Peer reviewedGeorge, Catherine A.; And Others – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1996
Examined interventions and strategies used by Chapter 1 Program Improvement (PI) schools to improve academic program and Chapter 1 services. Site visits to 15 California elementary and middle schools show that schools engaged in change have common elements: strong leadership, quality core curriculum, school autonomy, district support, and parent…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement
Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1990
A hearing was held to discuss the future of Project Head Start. Witnesses from corporations offered testimony supporting the strengthening of early childhood education, particularly Head Start, and urging the federal government to give increased attention to early childhood education. Subsequent testimony from experts, program directors, and…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education
Doyle, Denis P., Ed.; And Others – 1987
This book, divided into three sections, comprises papers delivered at a conference on "Alternative Strategies in Compensatory Education," convened by the staff of the National Assessment of Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and designed to aid Congress in its 1987 reauthorization of Chapter 1. The introduction,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
