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Download full textGamse, Beth; Boulay, Beth; Fountain, Alyssa Rulf; Unlu, Fatih; Maree, Kenyon; McCall, Tom; McCormick, Rachel – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2011
The Reading First (RF) Program was first and foremost designed to improve young students' reading skills, as reading proficiency is critical to students' success in school. Students must be able to read and comprehend text well in order to master subject matter taught in various content areas. Disproportionately large numbers of minority and…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation
Direct linkNoble, Charhonda L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In an age where more people place emphasis on global competition, it only seems right to have students meet achievement in all subjects equally. However, that is not the case with the content area of social studies. In recent years, many people have been alarmed at social studies test scores as measured by student achievement. It is the goal of…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Standardized Tests, Teacher Surveys, Educational Indicators
Owen, Isabel – Center for American Progress, 2012
Schedule redesign is only one small part of the much larger approach to turning around low-performing schools. Even so, most states' No Child Left Behind waiver applications show a disappointing lack of detail on learning time. While they've done some careful thinking about schedule redesign, states must continue to think critically and…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Federal Programs
Heier, Sharon L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Federal Title I funding has been allocated to districts since 1965 in an effort to provide schools with a high population of identified low socioeconomic students with additional resources to close the achievement gap. The basis for this study was to ascertain whether the Title I funding that schools received was having a positive impact on…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Program Effectiveness, Standardized Tests, Constructivism (Learning)
Smith, Kishawn L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A local concern has been the effectiveness of school improvement efforts such as professional learning communities (PLCs) on student achievement. The results of this study are necessary as policy makers, school districts, administrators, and teachers aim to increase student achievement and the effectiveness of PLCs. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs, Academic Achievement
Lachlan-Hache, Jonathon; Naik, Manish; Casserly, Michael – Council of the Great City Schools, 2012
The School Improvement Grant (SIG) program, initially enacted as part of the "No Child Left Behind" amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, underwent a substantial transformation under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Under the new program, states identified 2,172 persistently low-achieving schools…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Change
Peer reviewedHargrove, Martha L. – Education, 1982
Uses a 30-item perceptionnaire, sent to 119 teachers participating in ESEA Title I programs during 1979-80, to determine their perceptions of ESEA Title I programs. Suggests teacher concerns/perceptions must be addressed in order to gain a better understanding of the efficacy of these programs. (AH)
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes
State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2010
This annual report provides a national perspective on Title II-D for federal fiscal year (FY) 2008 (2008-09 school year), as well as emergent trends based on data from the past seven years. Title II-D is the only federal education program with funds explicitly targeted to support state and local effective uses of educational technology in the …
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Technological Literacy, Educational Trends, Program Implementation
Scott, Caitlin; McMurrer, Jennifer; McIntosh, Shelby – Center on Education Policy, 2012
Two schools in Idaho received ARRA SIG (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act School Improvement Grants) funds to enable them to implement improvement efforts. This paper describes the outcomes of these two ARRA SIG recipient schools: (1) Jefferson Middle School; and (2) Lakeside Elementary School. The experiences of this non-recipient school is…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Elementary Schools
Scott, Caitlin; Dibner, Kenne – Center on Education Policy, 2012
Two schools in Michigan received ARRA SIG (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act School Improvement Grants) funds to enable them to implement their improvement efforts. This paper describes the outcomes of these two ARRA SIG recipient schools: (1) Phoenix Elementary-Middle School; and (2) Arthur Hill High School. The experiences of these…
Descriptors: Grants, High Schools, Elementary Schools, Case Studies
Peer reviewedHecht, Kathryn A. – Teachers College Record, 1973
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1975
A description and an evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded programs for the state of Pennsylvania are contained in this document. It is in two parts. Part I is the evaluation report and presents data on participants and on activities and services. Part II is the analysis of the evaluation report. Results are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Mathematics, Program Descriptions
Center on Education Policy, 2009
As part of a larger project to rethink the federal role in elementary and secondary education, the Center on Education Policy prepared this compendium, which summarizes the findings of major studies of the implementation and effects of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) conducted by various organizations and agencies. The brief summaries are…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, School Choice
PDF pending restorationTrust Territory of the Pacific Islands – 1975
A description and evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded projects for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, (Micronesia), is provided in this report. The review of the projects is divided into six subsections, each representing a district in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: Marianas, Marshalls, Palau,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Content
Comfort, Albert J.; Herd, Lamar W. – 1975
This report provides a description and evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded programs for the state of Mississippi. A needs assessment survey conducted in the state indicated that 214,443 students needed assistance in reading, 189,568 needed assistance in language arts, and 194,825 needed assistance in…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
