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Jordan, K. Forbis; Irwin, Paul M. – 1984
This paper analyzes alternative approaches to allocating Chapter I funds for the education of disadvantaged children. The paper begins with a short discussion of the traditional method of distributing funds to districts on the basis of low-income student representation and then considers how changes in the poverty count from the 1970 to the 1980…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textBarro, Stephen M. – 1991
In the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988, Congress directed the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to conduct a study of methods used to allocate federal elementary and secondary education grants among the states. This document, the final report on that study, assesses grant distribution funding…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Gainer, William J. – 1987
This report provides testimony on results of a General Accounting Office (GAO) study of Chapter 1 Compensatory Education programs, Chapter 2 Education Block Grant programs, and dropout prevention programs. The report covers the following: (1) Chapter 1 student selection; (2) Chapter 1 fiscal provisions; (3) Chapter 2 data collection and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Dropout Prevention
Drazen, Shelley – 1989
This draft report examines patterns in the allocation and distribution of federal compensatory education (Chapter 1) funds in New York State school districts. To preserve local control over education, Chapter 1 aid for disadvantaged students is distributed through a three-tiered system involving a federal allotment formula, state distributions,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Equity (Finance), Educationally Disadvantaged
Bird, Ronald E. – 1981
Chapter One of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) distributes compensatory education grants on the basis of a formula that considers population and cost factors for each of the nation's 3,128 counties. The focus of this report is the effectiveness of that formula in meeting the stated purpose of the legislation to provide aid…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computer Simulation, Economic Status, Educational Economics
Gaffney, Michael J.; Schember, Daniel M. – 1982
Drawing selectively on data from a study of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that included questionnaires sent to 2,000 randomly selected local Title I directors, structured interviews and document reviews in 100 representative Title I districts, and indepth studies in 40 specially selected Title I districts, this…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Block Grants, Compensatory Education, Educational Equity (Finance)
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)
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
Intended to serve a wide range of readers, this multi-author summary report of what is commonly referred to as the "District Practices Study" (1976-82) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act contains information of special concern to administrators of federally funded programs, legislators, and other policymakers. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Compensatory Education
