The following findings are presented in this second evaluation of Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981: (1) the achievement of disadvantaged students has improved since 1965, relative to the general population; (2) Chapter 1 students experience greater increases in achievement test scores than others; (3) students in Chapter 1 mathematics programs gain more than those in Chapter 1 reading programs; (4) students in early-elementary...

Report examines factors that affect states' and districts' decisions whether or not to apply for the demonstration programs and determines the extent to which the U.S. Department of Education publicized, provided guidance, and established a process to review and award flexibility demonstration programs.

Using the Kennedy and Johnson archives to analyze the evolution of educational policy from the perspective of the executive branch, Graham finds that the central theme was executive planning through presidential task forces. Mission agencies, clientele groups, and congressional committees produced a cascade of education programs in the 1960s as the administration was collapsing under the weight of the Vietnam war, inflation, and collective violence,...