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Peer reviewedJennings, John F. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1991
The Chapter 1 supplementary education program is popular with Congress, benefiting from increased appropriations since 1988. The 1988 amendments of the Hawkins Stafford Act improved the program, but further changes may have to take place at the 1993 reauthorization to make Chapter 1 relevant to accelerating educational reform. (SLD)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedLigon, Glenn – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1991
Options are presented for accountability in Chapter 1 schools and identification of low-performing schools. Two options are suggested that could move Chapter 1 toward more local control or toward more national control. In either case, the shortcomings of using normal curve equivalent gains on standardized tests should be recognized. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedClayton, Constance E. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1991
Implementation of schoolwide projects in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) illustrates some of the conceptual problems associated with the Hawkins Stafford accountability amendments to the Chapter 1 supplementary education program. Unintended negative consequences are discussed, and recommendations are made to overcome these problems, including the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedLeTendre, Mary Jean – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1991
The history of federal support of supplementary education for low-achieving children in low-income neighborhoods demonstrates the positive, although not statistically significant, impact of Chapter 1 and the Hawkins Stafford amendments and predecessors. Issues that must be considered in reauthorizing Chapter 1 in 1993 are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Educationally Disadvantaged
Download full textBurnett, Gary – 1993
Since 1981, Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act has provided school districts with supplementary services funds for more than five million low-achieving students. Historically, schools have used "pull-out" programs to serve this population, but the provisions of the current legislation, the Hawkins-Stafford…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedStevens, Floraline I. – Journal of Negro Education, 1993
Applies the opportunity to learn conceptual framework to previously collected multiple-case study data from a 3-year study of an academic intervention program in 10 urban Chapter 1 elementary schools. Also illustrates how the multiple-case study approach can be used as an explanatory research tool. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Black Students, Case Studies
Office of Policy and Planning (ED), Washington, DC. – 1993
This report examines the Chapter 1 program's impact at school and classroom levels, strategic directions for Chapter 1 reauthorization, the larger context of school poverty as it influences Chapter 1 delivery, the operation and effectiveness of Chapter 1, and new directions for improving Chapter 1 in line with national reforms. How well Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1993
The Independent Review Panel of the National Assessment of Chapter 1 recommends fundamental changes to the program, while endorsing its continuing vital role in meeting the special educational needs of poor and disadvantaged students. The program's focus on low-level basic skills, funding systems that discourage highest-level performance, money…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Shields, Patrick M.; Anderson, Lee – 1991
This study examines cases of overlap between federal Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 programs as reauthorized in the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvements Amendments of 1988. Both chapters emphasize the creation of more effective schools through similar approaches. The study sample includes three states (Connecticut, Arkansas, and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Coordination, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Eberhardt, Clifford – 1992
Assistance offered by the State Department of Education to school districts in Oregon to help them identify aspects of student achievement under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (Hawkins Stafford Amendments of 1988) is discussed. Two hundred ninety-five of the 297 Oregon public school districts have Chapter 1 programs,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Assessment
