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ERIC Number: EJ291454
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Closing the Gap: A Historical Perspective on the Effectiveness of Compensatory Education.
Stickney, Benjamin D.; Plunkett, Virginia R. L.
Phi Delta Kappan, v65 n4 p287-90 Dec 1983
Research on compensatory education from 1965 to 1975 questioned whether such programs improved academic performance. Subsequent studies, however, have found compensatory education generally effective and have identified such components of successful basic skills instruction as greater time on task and more parental involvement. (PB)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Longitudinal Studies, National Programs, Preschool Education, Preschool Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Consortium for Longitudinal Studies; Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I; Head Start Supplementary Training Program; National Assessment of Educational Programs