Closing the Gap: A Historical Perspective on the Effectiveness of Compensatory Education.

Stickney, Benjamin D.; Plunkett, Virginia R. L.

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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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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I

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