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Download full textKim, Jimmy; Sunderman, Gail L. – Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (The), 2004
This report examines how state policymakers designed their accountability systems to meet the NCLB Title I requirements and the implications of its provisions for schools with large numbers of low-income and minority students. The authors conducted their study in six states--Arizona, California, Illinois, New York, Virginia, and Georgia--which are…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Government, State Programs, Public Schools
Kim, Jimmy; Sunderman, Gail L. – Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (The), 2004
Expanded schooling options for disadvantaged children is one of the four major principles of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), representing the theory that competition will produce better educational opportunities for disadvantaged students and improve the performance of low-performing schools. Under NCLB, school choice is the first in a series…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Minority Groups, Educational Improvement, Disadvantaged Youth
