Results From a National Study of Title I School-Wide and Targeted Assistance Schools

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium will provide an overview of findings from a national study of Title I schools, including those with targeted assistance (TAP) and schoolwide (SWP) programs. The study included a national survey of Title I school principals and district coordinators and case studies of 35 schools. The presentations in this symposium will include findings for each of the research questions that guided the study, with an eye toward differences between SWP and TAP schools. Specifically, we describe the types of activities and resources funded by Title I; decision-making process for determining use of funds; and the flexibility exercised by SWP schools. Discussants will include an official from the U.S. Department of Education and two practitioners.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Fiscal Issues, Policy, and Education Finance

Chair

• Kerstin A. Carlson Le Floch, American Institutes for Research

Papers

• The Use of Funds in Title I Schools - Jesse D. Levin, American Institutes for Research; Drew Atchison, The George Washington University; Karen Manship, American Institutes for Research

• Decision Making About the Use of Title I Funds - Courtney Tanenbaum, American Institutes for Research; Karen Manship, American Institutes for Research; Kerstin A. Carlson Le Floch, American Institutes for Research

• Flexibility and Innovation in Title I Schools - Steven Hurlburt, American Institutes for Research

Discussants

• Stephanie Ellen Stullich, U.S. Department of Education

• Deann Collins, Montgomery County Public Schools

• Melanie Kay-Wyatt, Principal