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Peer reviewedSchwebel, Milton – Journal of Education, 1981
Holds that problems of implementation have resulted in the failure of large-scale intervention efforts to deal with cognitive deficits. Emphasizes technological, political, and cultural perspectives in innovation. Examines related models and programs in the United States and developing countries and shows that minimal requirements for their…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedKnapp, Michael S.; And Others – Education and Urban Society, 1983
Examines effects of several federal categorical programs and civil rights mandates on schools/school districts. Concluded that federal and state policies for special populations have (1) improved and expanded services for target students, and (2) increased the structural complexity of schools and districts. The study also found that overtime costs…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Boards of Education, Civil Rights Legislation, Compensatory Education
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This hearing commemorates the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and more specifically of Title I of the Act, later continued through Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA). This legislation mandated Federal aid for the compensatory education of educationally…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Reynolds, Maynard – 1996
There are many difficulties in categorical programs for students with special needs as they are currently implemented. The technique of 20/20 Analysis is a simple and effective method of developing an integrative service delivery system in which students who show the least and most progress on significant outcome variables receive intensive study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Categorical Aid, Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1983
The Chicago Effective Schools Project (CESP) is a demonstration program, involving racially isolated schools (Black and Hispanic), designed to provide equal educational opportunity and excellent school programs in schools that cannot be desegregated. This report describes the program as it was implemented in fiscal years 1982 and 1983. The program…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Black Students, Compensatory Education
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. Office for the Education of Homeless Children and Homeless Youth. – 1991
This manual is designed to be used to acquaint Michigan State school and community members with provisions and requirements of the Steward B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990. This act authorizes local and intermediate school districts to use competitive funding and to implement innovative laws, policies, and procedures that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, Agency Role, Board of Education Role
Grubb, W. Norton; And Others – 1985
This report describes and evaluates the initial effects of the 1984 Texas Education Reform Bill (House Bill 72), in which the Texas legislature enacted a massive attempt to enhance both equity and effectiveness in the State's system of elementary and secondary education. Chapter 1 describes the Bill's various financing components and focuses on…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
Gaffney, Michael J.; Schember, Daniel M. – 1982
Drawing on data from a study of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), this report focuses on Title I's supplement-not-supplant and excess costs provisions and their effects on program design. Following discussions of the legal framework of Title I and Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal), Educational Equity (Finance)
