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Adjusted Poverty Measures and the Distribution of Title I Aid: Does Title I Really Make the Rich States Richer?
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Baker, Bruce D.; Taylor, Lori; Levin, Jesse; Chambers, Jay; Blankenship, Charles – Education Finance and Policy, 2013
Federal and state governments in the United States make extensive use of student poverty rates in compensatory aid programs like Title I. Unfortunately, the measures of student poverty that drive funding allocations under such programs are biased because they fail to reflect geographic differences in the cost of living. In this study, we construct…
Descriptors: Poverty, Rural Urban Differences, Geographic Distribution, Geographic Location
An Examination of the Influence of No Child Left Behind on Parental Involvement Policies, Practices, and Programs in Oklahoma Public Schools: A Mixed Methods Study
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Morris, Dana Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined superintendents' or designees' perceptions in light of NCLB (2002) and to understand parental involvement through the lens of Epstein's Framework of Parent Involvement (1992, 1995, 2002). The central problem was that despite parental involvement legislation, implementation and effectiveness of policies, and programs varies…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Parent Participation, School Districts, Parent School Relationship
The National Politics of Formula Allocation: Some Evidence for a Rural Bias.
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Bresnick, David – Urban Education, 1979
Examines how and why the allocation formulae used to distribute Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I funds reflect a rural bias in American national politics. (Author/BE)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
The Politics of Formula Revision: A Study of Compensatory Education Policy.
Bresnick, David A. – 1976
The revision of Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I provides an excellent opportunity for examining the dynamics of educational policy making at the Federal level and the parameters of the educational subsystem that determines educational policy. It provides a fascinating interplay of the demands for greater rationality in public policy and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cost Indexes, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation