Efficiency, accountability, and equity issues in Title 1 schoolwide program implementation

• Other Authors: Wong, Kenneth K., 1955- (Editor), Wang, Margaret C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2002.
• Series: Research in educational productivity. ; v. 2.
• Subjects: School improvement programs > United States.; Federal aid to education > Law and legislation > United States.; Educational evaluation > United States.; Poor children > Education > United States.; Education > Administration > General.; Educational administration and organization.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781918117493
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-780-0
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 316 pages) : illustrations

How efficient is Title I, the largest federal educational program in elementary and secondary schools? What is the quality of the Title I services? Has Title I promoted equity in schools among our nation's low-income areas? To address these important issues, this volume draws on the proceedings...

Table of Contents:

• Efficiency. Using market forces to make title i more effective / Marci Kanstoroom and Tyce Palmaffy. Making economically grounded decisions about comprehensive school reform models : considerations of costs, effects, and contexts / Jennifer King Rice. Does Title I money matter? : federal compensatory funding and student achievement / Francis Shen. Sustaining investments in technology : strategies to close the digital divide / Ronald E. Anderson
• Accountability. The role of the state in strengthening title i programs / Margaret E. Goertz and Janet Kroll. Teacher quality and educational inequality : the case of Title I schools / Richard M. Ingersoll. School-family partnerships : policy implications for urban schools / Evanthia N. Patrikakou, Roger P. Weissberg, and Michelle I. Rubenstein. Toward effective strategies in Raising Academic Performance : findings from a national study of effective I schoolwide programs / Margaret Wang and Ken Wong. Teachers' perceptions of Title I program improvement and accountability / by Jerome V. D'Agostino and Ginger L. Stoker
• Equity. Title i in california : A focus on English language learners, 1995-1999 / Diane August and Dianne Piche. Understanding student achievement differences between rural and nonrural Schools : implications for Title I programs and assessments / by Jaekyung Lee.