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Anderson, Barry D.; Lesser, Philip – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Discusses the costs of developing, administering, and regulating state competency tests as well as of the compensatory programs that the tests will make necessary, and then suggests five ways of reducing these costs. (IRT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
Montana State Office of Public Instruction, Helena. – 2002
The 2000-2001 school year brought changes in statewide testing in Montana and in assessment requirements tied to two federal programs, Title I and Special Education. This document provides guidance to districts about their responsibilities relative to the involvement of students served by these programs in statewide assessment, describing the ways…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Educational Testing
Citizens Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1998
The progress states have made toward fulfilling their requirements under Title I of the Improving America's Schools Act is reported. Some states are reporting that they have developed content standards for some subjects, but not for others. In some states, both local school district and state standards are being developed. In all, 43 states had…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Shaul, Marnie S. – 2002
In response to concerns that Title I, the largest source of federal funding for education, was not significantly improving the educational achievement of at-risk students, Congress, in 1994, mandated major changes, including changes to the ways in which states measure student performance. This report provides a snapshot of how close states had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment
Novak, John R.; Winters, Lynn; Flores, Eugene – 2000
This paper describes the approach to consolidating multiple measures of student achievement used by the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) in the 1997-1998 reporting cycle. Beginning in 1996-1997, all California schools that served Title I students or were involved in the state's Coordinated Compliance Review process were required to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Baker, Jean; Wongbundhit, Yuwadee – 1984
This study was designed to illustrate the use of the Rasch model procedure to equate the Dade County Compensatory Education Skills Test (DCCEST) to the State Student Assessment Test (SSAT) for both mathematics skills and communications skills. The SSAT was a test developed by the Florida State Department of Education to measure students' level of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
Echternacht, Gary – 1980
The assertion that Model C is feasible for Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I evaluation, why it is feasible, and reasons why it is so seldom used are explained. Two assumptions must be made to use the special regression model. First, a strict cut-off must be used on the pretest to assign students to Title I and comparison groups. Second,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Analysis of Covariance, Compensatory Education, Computer Programs
Helsley, Terry; And Others – 1981
This summary report is intended to provide answers to questions that local school personnel may have concerning the 1980-81 South Carolina Statewide Testing Program. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form S(CTBS/S), which measure reading, language, mathematics, science, social studies, and reference skills, were administered to 134,753…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education
Thornton, Philip
A statistical view was compiled of the impact of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs on student achievement in 45 of the 55 West Virginia county school districts between 1977-78. The RMC Model A-1 design was used by each district. Nationally normed achievement tests were administered for pretesting and posttesting of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Bushner, Diane E. – 1991
The impact of a decision by a local program under Chapter 1, the federally funded program of financial assistance to special educational needs of children, to test students fall-to-fall or spring-to-spring was studied. Students enrolled in a Chapter 1 reading program in 1988-89 were tested on a fall-to-spring basis, a spring-to-spring basis, and a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. Research and Evaluation Branch. – 1981
This handbook was designed as a referenced guide to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) testing program. Many year-round schools have been created in the district. This has necessitated adjustments in the testing schedule so that all LAUSD students are tested in the same time frame in their educational programs. The handbook was…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Johnson, Richard T.; Thomas, Wayne P. – 1979
The experiences of state and local education agencies in implementing the RMC evaluation models in their evaluations of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs are discussed with emphasis on the problems encountered, suggestions for resolving these problems, and encouraging results which have been reported. Four activities are…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Compensatory Education, Data Processing, Educational Testing
Baenen, Nancy; Yaman, Kimberly – 2001
This report focuses on the structure of instructional assistance available through the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) to students who show low achievement in the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), North Carolina. Context information is also provided on other programs available to these students. Reports on ALP student participation,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance
Dallas Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
After outlining the goals, budget, and personnel of the research and evaluation branch of the Dallas Independent School District, the results of 150 program evaluations are summarized and interpreted. Most evaluations are based on achievement gains as measured by standardized achievement tests. Results are often analyzed by district, subdistrict,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Classroom Research
Blank, Rolf K.; Manise, Jennifer; Brathwaite, Barbara C. – 2000
This report provides important state-by-state information on the characteristics and performance of schools and students in each state, information that is vital to monitoring the progress and evaluating the success of local, state, and national education reforms. The report disaggregates student achievement data so that attention can be focused…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compensatory Education, Demography
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