ERIC Number: ED298201
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Oct
Pages: 249
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Policy Options for the Future of Compensatory Education: Conference Papers (Washington, D.C., November 18-19, 1986).
Doyle, Denis P., Ed.; And Others
This book, divided into three sections, comprises papers delivered at a conference on "Alternative Strategies in Compensatory Education," convened by the staff of the National Assessment of Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and designed to aid Congress in its 1987 reauthorization of Chapter 1. The introduction, "Title I in Retrospect, Chapter 1 in Prospect," is by Denis P. Doyle. Section 1, "The Federal Role" includes the following papers: (1) "The Evolution of the Compensatory Education Program" (Paul E. Peterson, Barry G. Rabe, and Kenneth K. Wong); (2) "Program Strategy and Design: Options for Federal Action in Education" (Paul T. Hill); (3) "Increased State Capacity and Aid to the Disadvantaged" (Susan Fuhrman); and (4) "The Federal Role and Chapter 1: Rethinking Some Basic Assuptions" (Michael W. Kirst). Section 2 "Selected Issues of Access and Accountability," includes the following papers: (1) "Selecting Students and Services for Chapter 1" (Marshall S. Smith); (2) "Funding the Individual? An Essay on the Future of Chapter 1" (Denis P. Doyle and Bruce S. Cooper); (3) "The Problem of Quality in Chapter 1" (Richard F. Elmore); and (4) "How Fiscal Accountability and Program Quality Can Be Insured for Chapter 1" (Allan Odden). Section 3, "Lessons for "Implementation," includes the following papers: (1) "The Next Steps in Urban Education" (Charles Glenn); (2) "The Ways That Schools Are: Lessons for Reformers" (Larry Cuban); and (3) "Effective Schools and the Problems of the Poor" (John E. Chubb). Four tables and figures illustrate some of the data. A list of references is provided for each paper. (BJV)
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship, Government Role, History, Policy Formation, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Public Schools, School Organization, Urban Education, Urban Schools
Research and Evaluation Associates, Inc., 100 Europa Drive, Suite 590, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 ($25.00).
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers; Collected Works - Proceedings
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Research and Evaluation Associates, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1; Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I
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