The "First Annual School Improvement Report: Executive Order on Actions to Turn Around Low-Performing Schools," in MS Word [455K] and PDF [266K] and transmittal letter submitting the report to the Secretary of Education.

Here is the Report in Word [455K] and PDF [266K].

This 2001 report provides a comprehensive summary of the most recent data available from the National Assessment of Title I on the implementation of the Title I program and the academic performance of children in high-poverty schools.

The national Evaluation of the Eisenhower Professional Development Program is the third in a series of reports from the multi-year Eisenhower evaluation. This report focuses on the effects of professional development on improving classroom teaching practice. Drawing on longitudinal data from a sample of approximately 300 teachers, this report expands our knowledge about the impact of the types of professional development activities supported by the Eisenhower Professional Development Program.

The Year 1 data in this report paint a comprehensive picture of a number of issues: the development of the Public Charter Schools Program, state and charter school authorizer perspectives on charter school flexibility and accountability, and the charter school activities of states and a sample of charter school authorizers. This picture, however, is also a "snapshot" of a rapidly evolving movement during a narrow time interval (summer and fall 1999)

Building Strong Foundations for Early Learning: Guide to High Quality Early Childhood Programs.

This guide is an initial step designed to provide guidance to local, district, and state educators about the hallmarks of quality early childhood programs. It includes short syntheses of research about the characteristics of early education programs that have the most influence on the development of cognition and learning, and indicators based on the research that can be used to assess the quality of preschool programs. The guide can be used as a self-assessment tool for existing programs or a source of quality standards for the development of new programs.

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Education Resources and Federal Funding Study

This report examines where the federal education dollar goes and what the money buys for six of the Department's largest elementary-secondary programs: Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title II (Eisenhower Professional Development), Title III (Technology Literacy Challenge Fund), Title IV (Safe and Drug-Free Schools), Title VI, and Goals 2000. The study examines the extent to which program funds are used for various strategies for improving student achievement, including professional development, technology, extended learning time, and schoolwide reform and improvement. The study examines the targeting of funds at the district and school levels, the uses of Title I funds at the district and school levels, the comparability of state and local resources in Title I and non-Title I schools, and the impact of Title I funds on total resource levels in different types of schools. A preliminary report for this study was released in 1999; this final report presents a more comprehensive set of findings from this study.

Here is the Executive Summary in Word [755K] and PDF [652K]. (2000)

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