Greater Use of Exemplary Education Programs Could Improve Education for Disadvantaged Children
HRD-81-65
Published: Sep 15, 1981. Publicly Released: Sep 15, 1981.
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Highlights
A review was made of the efforts by the Department of Education to promote the adoption of exemplary programs by local school districts to improve reading projects that are conducted under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Since the primary mechanism of the Department of Education for disseminating information on exemplary Elementary and Secondary Education Act projects and for helping local school districts to implement such projects is the National Diffusion Network, GAO specifically reviewed the Network's performance in accomplishing its mission.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Education | The Secretary of Education should provide substantially increased guidance and technical assistance to State and local school officials in developing criteria for assessing the effectiveness of title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act projects. |
Closed
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| Department of Education | The Secretary of Education should expand Education's monitoring efforts for assessing whether State education agencies are (1) meeting their responsibilities to evaluate the effectiveness of local title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act projects, and (2) helping local school districts to improve their title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act projects. |
Closed
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| Department of Education | The Secretary of Education should direct State education agencies to (1) assess the validity of procedures used by local school districts to evaluate their title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act projects, (2) prescribe corrective measures where evaluation procedures are inadequate, and (3) help local school officials use evaluations for detecting and correcting project weaknesses. |
Closed
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| Department of Education | The Secretary of Education should advise State education agencies to encourage local school officials to use Network assistance in improving ineffective and inefficient title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act projects. |
Closed
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| Department of Education | The Secretary of Education should direct the Network to provide complete, comparable, and current information about the capabilities of the Network's exemplary projects, including: (1) their impact on scholastic achievement, student behavior, and sustained growth; (2) their costs; and (3) the results of past adoptions by other schools. |
Closed
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| Department of Education | The Secretary of Education should make sure that the Network's developer-demonstrators provide accurate data on the number of adoptions and the schools affected. |
Closed
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| Department of Education | The Secretary of Education should make sure that the Network's developer-demonstrators determine whether the projects have been installed correctly and are functioning properly. |
Closed
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| Department of Education | The Secretary of Education should make sure that the Network's developer-demonstrators provide for additional implementation assistance where needed. |
Closed
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