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Download full textPassow, A. Harry – 1992
It is more than a quarter century since Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, the first major Federal legislation authorizing funds for compensatory education for the disadvantaged, came into effect. In 1981, Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) replaced Title I. Some Federal funding…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Context Effect
Burnett, Gary; And Others – 1994
Critics of the Federal Title I and Chapter 1 compensatory education programs to increase the academic skills of disadvantaged children suggest that the return for the Federal investment has been small and that designers have not created programs that work. When the compensatory education programs were conceived, their promise was immense. During…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
