Small-area estimates of school-age children in poverty : evaluation of current methodology / Constance F. Citro and Graham Kalton, editors ; Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas.

Contributor:

Citro, Constance F. (Constance Forbes), 1942-

Kalton, Graham.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

The compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor children--United States--Statistical methods.

Poor children.

Children--United States--Economic conditions--Statistical methods.

Children.

Poverty--United States--Statistical methods.

Poverty.

Poor children--Education--United States--Finance--Statistical methods.

Federal aid to education--United States--Statistical methods.

Federal aid to education.

Physical Description:

xi, 256 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas was established by the Committee on National Statistics at the National Research Council in response to the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994. That act charged the U.S. Census Bureau to produce updated estimates of poor school-age children every two years for the nation's more than 3,000 counties and 14,000 school districts. The act also charged the panel with determining the appropriateness and reliability of the Bureau's estimates for use in the allocation of more than $7 billion of Title I funds each year for educationally disadvantaged children. The panel's charge was both a major one and one with immovable deadlines. The panel had to evaluate the Census Bureau's work on a very tight schedule in order to meet legal requirements for allocation of Title I funds. As it turned out, the panel produced three interim reports: the first one evaluated county-level estimates of poor school-age children in 1993, the second one assessed a revised set of 1993 county estimates; and the third one covered both county- and school district-level estimates of poor school-age children in 1995. This volume combines and updates these three reports into a single reference volume.

Contents:

Cover

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

1 Introduction and Overview

2 Title I Allocation Procedures

3 Data Sources for County Estimates

4 Estimation Procedure for Counties

5 Alternative County Models

6 Evaluations of County Estimates

7 School District Estimates

8 Population Estimates

9 Research and Development Priorities

Appendices

APPENDIX A Models for County and State Poverty Estimates

APPENDIX B Regression Diagnostics on Alternative County Regression Models

APPENDIX C County Model Comparisons with 1990 Census Estimates

APPENDIX D Use of School Lunch Data in New York State for the Estimation of School-Age Children in Poverty: An Analysis

APPENDIX E Special Case: Estimates for Puerto Rico

References and Bibliography

Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff.

Notes:

"This study was supported by Contract No. RN96131001 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Education. Support of the work of the Committee on National Statistics is provided by a consortium of federal agencies through a grant from the National Science Foundation (Number SBR-9709489)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-250).

ISBN:

9780309171243

0309171245

9780309501576

0309501571

OCLC:

923259895