Effective schools programs : their extent and characteristics : briefing report to the Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives

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A national study of effective schools programs provides information on the extent and characteristics of these programs in the nation's school districts and schools. A questionnaire was mailed to a...

A national study of effective schools programs provides information on the extent and characteristics of these programs in the nation's school districts and schools. A questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of 1,685 school district superintendents. Findings are representative of the approximately 16,000 local school districts in the nation. This report is divided into eight appendices: (1) selected characteristics of effective schools cited in research literature; (2) five school characteristics in the definition of effective schools programs included in Public Law 100-297; (3) Chapter 2 Block Grant Program (six authorized local targeted assistance programs); (4) estimates and confidence intervals for selected questionnaire responses; (5) effective schools programs in the 50 largest cities (school year 1987-88); (6) examples of SEA assistance to school districts and schools for effective schools programs; (7) tables supporting figures in report text and supplementary tables; and (8) major contributors to this report. Included are 15 tables and 28 figures.

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