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Necessary, but Not Sufficient: The McKinney-Vento Act and Academic Achievement in North Carolina
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Hendricks, George; Barkley, William – Children & Schools, 2012
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001 (MCKV), which provides funds to local educational agencies (LEAs), is almost a decade old, yet no evaluations of its academic effectiveness have been reported. Using a systems theory framework, the authors answer the question of whether homeless students in grade 6 from LEAs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grants, Reading Comprehension, Systems Approach
The Impact of the McKinney-Vento Program on the End-of-Grade Test Scores of Homeless Grade 6 Students
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Hendricks, George – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Congressional concern about homeless students resulted in the McKinney-Vento Act (MCKV) in 2001, which provides funds to local educational agencies (LEAs). MCKV is almost a decade old, yet no evaluations of its academic effectiveness have been reported. Using a systems theory framework, this study answered research questions (RQs) involving…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Support, School Districts, Context Effect