Closing the education achievement gap : is Title I working? / Marvin H. Kosters and Brent D. Mast.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kosters, Marvin H.

Contributor:

Mast, Brent D.

Series:

Evaluative studies

AEI evaluative studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with social disabilities--Education--United States.

Children with social disabilities.

Children with social disabilities--Education.

United States.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Federal aid to education--United States.

Federal aid to education.

United States. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Physical Description:

xi, 127 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, 2003.

Contents:

Achievement Gaps 2

Policy, Programs, and Funding 10

2 A Review of Title I Policy 17

Implementing the New Program 17

The 1970s 19

The 1980s and 1990s 21

Current Policy 24

Title I Resources 25

3 A Review of Title I Evaluations 29

The Early Studies 31

Sustaining Effects Study 35

Prospects Study 37

Promising Results, Continuing Challenges 39

Longitudinal Evaluation of School Change and Performance 41

4 A New Evaluation of Achievement in the 1990s 45

The Model 47

The Data 47

Achievement Equation Exogenous Variables 53

Title I Equation Exogenous Variables 57

Estimates for All Students in Full Samples 63

Estimates for Subsamples 67

Interpretation 79

The Program and Its Goals 93

Policy Implications 96

4-1 Descriptive Statistics for Achievement and Title I Variables 49

4-2 Selected Characteristics of Title I Students 50

4-3 Descriptive Statistics for Achievement Equation Exogenous Variables 54

4-4 Summary of Alternative Specifications and Samples 61

4-5 Effects of Title I on Achievement with Estimates for Full Sample with All Variables and State Fixed Effects 64

4-6 Effects of Title I on Achievement with Estimates for Full Sample with Limited Variable List and State Fixed Effects 68

4-7 Effects of Title I on Achievement with Estimates for Full Samples with All Variables and Regional Fixed Effects 70

4-8 Effects of Title I on Achievement with Estimates for Full Sample with Limited Variable List and Regional Fixed Effects 72

4-9 Effects of Title I on Achievement with Linear Estimates for White and Minority Subsamples with Limited Variable List and State Fixed Effects 74

4-10 Effects of Title I on Achievement with Nonlinear Estimates for White and Minority Subsamples with Limited Variable List and State Fixed Effects 76

4-11 Effects of Title I on Achievement with Linear Estimates for Subsamples by Lunch Subsidy with Limited Variable List and State Fixed Effects 80

4-12 Effects of Title I on Achievement with Nonlinear Estimates for Subsamples by Lunch Subsidy with Limited Variable List and State Fixed Effects 82

4-13 Summary of Treatment Effect Estimates 84

A-1 Achievement Equation Estimates 104

A-2 Probit Estimates of Title I Equations 106

1-1 Fourth-Grade Reading Skills by School Poverty Level, 1998 4

1-2 Fourth-Grade Math Skills by School Poverty Level, 1996 4

1-3 Test Score Gaps by School Poverty Level for Fourth-Grade NAEP Reading Tests, 1988-1999 5

1-4 Test Score Gaps by School Poverty Level for Fourth-Grade NAEP Math Tests, 1986-1999 5

1-5 Fourth-Grade Reading Skills by Race, 1998 6

1-6 Fourth-Grade Math Skills by Race, 1996 6

1-7 Black-White Test Score Gaps for NAEP Reading Tests, 1971-1999 8

1-8 Black-White Test Score Gaps for NAEP Math Tests, 1978-1999 8

1-9 Black-White Test Score Gaps for Fourth-Grade NAEP Reading Tests by State, 1998 9

1-10 Black-White Test Score Gaps for Fourth-Grade NAEP Math Tests by State, 1996 9

1-11 Fourth-Grade Reading Skills in High-Poverty Schools by State, 1998 11

1-12 Fourth-Grade Math Skills in High-Poverty Schools by State, 1996 12

2-1 Title I LEA Grant Allocation History, FY 1966-2001 26

2-2 Title I Funding per Pupil, 1966-2001 27.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122) and index.

ISBN:

0844771651

OCLC:

51826197