Table of Contents:
  • Efficiency. Using market forces to make Title I more effective / Marci Kanstoroom and Tyce Palmaffy. Making economically grounded decisions about comprehensive school reform models : considerations of costs, effects, and contexts / Jennifer King Rice. Does Title I money matter? : federal compensatory funding and student achievement / Francis Shen. Sustaining investments in technology : strategies to close the digital divide / Ronald E. Anderson -- Accountability. The role of the state in strengthening Title I programs / Margaret E. Goertz and Janet Kroll. Teacher quality and educational inequality : the case of Title I schools / Richard M. Ingersoll. School-family partnerships : policy implications for urban schools / Evanthia N. Patrikakou, Roger P. Weissberg, and Michelle I. Rubenstein. Toward effective strategies in Raising Academic Performance : findings from a national study of effective I schoolwide programs / Margaret Wang and Ken Wong. Teachers' perceptions of Title I program improvement and accountability / by Jerome V. D'Agostino and Ginger L. Stoker -- Equity. Title I in California : a focus on English language learners, 1995-1999 / Diane August and Dianne Piche. Understanding student achievement differences between rural and nonrural Schools : implications for Title I programs and assessments / by Jaekyung Lee.