Toward Implementation of the ESEA Title I Evaluation and Reporting System: A Concerns Analysis

摘要: ESEA Title I is termed a categorical grant program that provides funds to State Education Agencies (SEA's) distribute their eligible Local (LEA's) which, in turn, are responsible for designing and implementing local projects. legislation has relied the past on three-tiered evaluation reporting system. Each LEA was required assemble data its programs submit report yearly basis SEA. SEA required, compile information from all projects within states into statewide which U.S. Office of (USOE) would use Congress national status programs. Unfortunately, there have been serious problems over years using emitting this base characterize nature and/or effectiveness programming. After reviewing state reports 1965 through 1970, Wargo (1972) determined contained annual so inadequate as preclude being used source "nationally representative" participants services. Valid aggregation made impossible due wide variability requirements formats between states, particularly with respect measurement student progress. The authors concluded little evidence at level