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Download full textGoertz, Margaret E.; And Others – 1987
Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act provides local school districts with federal funds to meet the special needs of educationally deprived children in high poverty areas. Because federal regulations provide little guidance for allocating Chapter 1 resources within the districts, distribution formulas vary and so do the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Equity (Finance)
Kennedy, Mary M.; And Others – 1986
This document, the first of three reports to be produced as part of the National Assessment of Chapter 1 programs, summarizes a wide range of information about those whom the programs are intended to benefit. The report provides an analytic and demographic framework from which to view the actual operations of local Chapter 1 programs. The first…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This report presents statements, letters and supplementary material submitted in favor of a bill renewing funding for Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Testimony describes how successful the program has been and suggests how the bill can be changed and the Chapter 1 program improved. Among suggestions made are the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Dropouts, Educational Finance
Riddle, Wayne – 1988
Chapter 1, the Federal program of grants to local education agencies (LEAs) for the education of disadvantaged children, authorizes the distribution of assistance through both a basic and a concentration grant formula. Concentration grants are intended to provide additional assistance to areas with especially high numbers or proportions of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Hollinger, Debra K.; And Others – 1992
A study was done to determine the extent to which children in public high and low poverty schools receive similar services and levels of supports, and whether public schools receiving Chapter 1 assistance appear to have more services and support than do similar non-Chapter 1 schools. The study used data from the base year Schools and Staffing…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Chambers, Jay; And Others – 1993
Current school funding systems established by many states are resulting in widespread disparities in expenditures across districts, and current comparability measures providing adequate guarantees for equity among schools are being questioned. This study, involving 95 elementary schools and 25 high schools in 30 school districts across 5 states,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Anderson, Judith; And Others – 1992
A study was done of the relationship between public school poverty and student achievement among eighth graders, focusing on the poorest schools that are most likely to receive Chapter 1 assistance and on those students who seem to be achieving against all odds as compared to their peers who are not doing well in the same school. The study used…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors
