ERIC_NO:
ED316311
TITLE:
A National Profile of State Compensatory Education in Public Elementary Schools: A Substudy of the National Assessment of Chapter 1.
AUTHOR:
Funkhouser, Janie E.; Morrison, Donna Ruane
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1988
ABSTRACT:
Historically, Congress has maintained an interest in encouraging State Compensatory Education (SCE) programs that are similar in purpose to Chapter
1. To date, no nationally respresentative data have been reported regarding
the prevalence and nature of SCE programs in schools. In an effort to
address this situation, this report synthesizes findings from the National
Assessment of Chapter 1 studies. The report provides recent, nationally
representative data that bear on the following questions: (1) How are
districts and schools selected to operate SCE programs? (2) What is the
distribution of SCE programs in Chapter 1 and non-Chapter 1 schools, and
in schools with varying levels of poverty? (3) What within-school selection
practices are used to determine which grades and students are served by
SCE? (4) What services do SCE programs provide? and (5) How do these services
compare with Chapter 1 services? Several surveys and studies conducted
for the National Assessment of Chapter 1, including the School Survey,
the District Survey, the Targeting Study, the Resource Allocation Study,
and the Program Design Study, provide the basic data for the report. Appendix
A lists states included in the samples of SCE school principals and teachers.
Appendix B describes school and district survey samples and standard error
calculations. Also included are support tables for figures and tables
in the report and a list of standard errors for 38 text citations that
do not appear in tables. (RH)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Admission Criteria; Compensatory Education; Elementary Education; Profiles; State Programs; Student Participation;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Comparative Analysis; Educational Practices; Instruction; National Surveys; Public Schools; School Involvement;
IDENTIFIERS:
Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1; *Program Distribution
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
143