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00 CIS H 3417
TITLE: Title I:
What's Happening at the School District and School Building Level
CIS-NO: 2000-H341-7
SOURCE: Committee on Education and the
Workforce. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: July 27, 1999
LENGTH:
iv+247 p. il.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1015-A; 1015-B
SUDOC: Y4.ED8/1:106-64
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND:
1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
GPO-STOCK-NO:
552-070-24966-4.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No.
106-64. Hearing to examine issues and proposals relating to reauthorization of
Department of Education compensatory education assistance programs for
low-income and disadvantaged elementary and secondary students
under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(ESEA).
Supplementary material (p. 45-247) includes witnesses'
written statements, correspondence, a submitted statement, and an article.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Compensatory educ programs
reauthorization issues
DESCRIPTORS:
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION;
FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION; COMPENSATORY EDUCATION; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION;
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
00-H341-7
TESTIMONY NO: 1 July 27, 1999 p. 4-44, 51-231
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
LORENZO, SHIRLEY L.
(Principal, Marjorie Kinnon Rawlings Elementary School,
Pinellas Park, Fla)
KARPER, JANE H. (Superintendent, Troy
Area School District, Troy, Pa.; representing American Association of School
Administrators)
GINN, VERA W. (Coordinator, Title I,
Migrant and Special Programs, Broward County, Fla., School Board)
HARRISON-JONES, LOIS (former School Superintendent,
Boston, Mass.; representing National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE))
LYON, G. REID (Chief, Child Development and Behavior
Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD))
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Review of
academic accomplishments of Rawlings Elementary School in
Pinellas Park, Fla., citing benefits of Title I funding (related graphs, p.
60-66); experience of Troy Area School District in Troy, Pa. with ESEA Title I
program, with recommendations; assessment of Title I program effectiveness in
Broward County, Fla. public schools.
Recommendations
regarding ESEA Title I reauthorization, focusing on needs of disadvantaged black
children; findings of NICHD-supported research studies regarding reading
development, difficulties, and instruction; elaboration on Title I
reauthorization and related issues.
INSERTIONS:
a. Council of the Great City Schools, "Reform and Results:
An Analysis of Title I in the Broward County Public Schools, 1994-95 to 1997-98"
May 1999 (p. 97-103).
b. NABSE, "What's Best for Our
Children? The Reauthorization of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act" Apr. 1999 (p. 122-132).
c.
Foorman, Barbara R. (et al.), "Role of Instruction in Learning To Read:
Preventing Reading Failure in At-Risk Children" Journal of Educational
Psychology, 1998, with tables, graphs, and bibliography (p. 135-153).
d. National Reading Panel, "Progress Report" on efforts to
improve national reading performance, Feb. 22, 1999 (p. 179-231).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Compensatory educ programs
reauthorization issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS; FLORIDA;
STATISTICAL DATA: EDUCATION; PENNSYLVANIA; BLACK AMERICANS; BIBLIOGRAPHIES;
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT;
PINELLAS PARK, FLA.; TROY, PA.; BROWARD COUNTY, FLA.; READING
LOAD-DATE: May 11, 2000 
