Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ438593
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Chapter 1 Evaluation: Progress, Problems, and Possibilities.
Clayton, Constance E.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v13 n4 p345-52 Win 1991
Implementation of schoolwide projects in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) illustrates some of the conceptual problems associated with the Hawkins Stafford accountability amendments to the Chapter 1 supplementary education program. Unintended negative consequences are discussed, and recommendations are made to overcome these problems, including the stranglehold of standardized testing. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Federal Programs, Low Achievement, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Program Improvement, Supplementary Education, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1; Hawkins Stafford Act 1988
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