The purpose of the United States Department of Education's (the Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) is to inform Congress, the President, and the American people on how the Department has used federal resources entrusted to it to promote achievement and preparedness of youth entering a global environment by…

The current literature indicates a need for quality studies on how best to close the achievement gap between elementary English language learners (ELLs) and their English speaking peers. The purpose of this sequential explanatory mixed methods research study was to determine the relationship between standards-based differentiated instructional…

A critical state-level indicator of progress in public education is student achievement annual performance and change over time. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) has been very active in tracking and reporting on student achievement results and using state assessment scores and other data to analyze achievement trends. A central…

The purpose of this study was to determine if the implementation of a Response to Intervention framework had a positive impact on student reading achievement in urban elementary schools. This was a causal-comparative study that examined the reading performance of a sample of kindergarten through grade three students who experienced the Response to…

The critical role of accountability on schools has intensified the need to understand the impact of intervention strategies and best practices on literacy. Of particular concern is the underachievement of boys and identifying the learning differences between boys and girls. Examined in this quantitative study were the strategies and practices…

The purpose of the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) program is to improve the quality of early learning and development and close the achievement gap for children with high needs. The RTT-ELC grant competition focuses on improving early learning and development for young children by supporting States' efforts to increase the…

In 1965, appalled by the racial disparity with respect to access to higher education, the federal government implemented the Higher Education Act. After more than 40 years of programmatic intervention, gaps persist. As such, this study analyzes two of the three original HEA programs--Upward Bound and Talent Search--focusing on race/ethnicity and…

Changes in the context of the national educational enterprise that influence federal education information dissemination policy and programs are discussed. Education issues claiming the attention of educators, policymakers, and the general public are identified as the first area of contextual change. Two issues currently of public concern--the…

This is an excerpt from the Comptroller General's Report to Congress, March 1974. (JA)

Established in 1974, the National Diffusion Network (NDN) is a diffuse association of primarily school-based instructional or other education programs that have been approved for nationwide dissemination by a federal panel, the Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP). Five principles of NDN are: (1) those who develop a program are best qualified…

This booklet contains descriptions of the programs under the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA) administered by the Bureau of Educational Personnel Development during fiscal year 1971 (July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1971). Material on each of the 14 programs includes a list of objectives, an outline of eligibility requirements for applicants…

Included in this publication are statements, letters, and supplementary materials presented by vocational education specialists at a hearing before the General Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives. The hearing concerned H.R. 13630, a bill to extend until fiscal 1972 five of the new programs…

"HUMANITIES" is the bi-monthly newsletter of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a Federal agency established by an Act of Congress in 1965 "for the encouragement and support of national progress and scholarship in the humanities." Typical newsletters include articles on major grants awarded, reading lists, and other current items of…