Over five million children in the US are served by Title I schools. Following the implementation of the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) in 1994, Title I has sought to assist schools in helping children to gain the knowledge they need for academic success.

As one of the foremost journals specifically aimed at the improvement of the educational experience of at-risk students, JESPAR assists researchers, policy makers, and practioners in identifying what programs and policies work in our schools today.

    

Editor's Introduction
Sam Stringfield

Research Articles

Teacher Quality and Student Performance in New York City's Low Performing Schools
Carolyn Ascher and Norm Fruchter

Voices of Parents and Teachers in a Poor White Urban School
Sorca O'Connor

When Low SES Parents Cannot Assist Their Children in Solving Science Problems
Madelon F. Zady and Pedro R. Portes

Easy Exit: School Policies and Student Attrition
Juanita Ross Epp and Walter Epp

The Effects of Consistency Management on Student Mathematics Achievement in Seven Chapter 1 Elementary Schools
H. Jerome Freiberg, Michael Connell, and Jeffrey Lorentz

Cognitive Learning Styles and Academic Performance in 19 First-Year University Courses: Succesful Students Versus Students At Risk
Maureen Drysdale, Jonathan Rosee, and Robert Schultz

Book Reviews

The International Handbook of School Effectiveness, by Charles Teddlie and David Reynolds (eds.)
Jenny Edwards

Improving Schools: Performance & Potential, by John Gray, David Hopkins, David Reynolds, Brian Wilcox, Shaun Farell, and David Jesson
Elizabeth Kemper

The Color of School Reform: Race, Politics, and the Challenge of Urban Education, by Jeffrey R. Henig, Richard C. Hula, Marion Orr, and Desiree S. Pedescleaux
Kitty Kelly Epstein

We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multicultural Schools, by Gary R. Howard
Franziska K. Karlen

Looking Together At Student Work, by David Allen (ed.), and Assessing Student Learning, by Tiny Blythe, David Allen, and Barbara Schieffelin Powell
Irene E. McHenry

The Academic Achievement Challenge: What Really Works in the Classroom? by Jeanne Chall
Barak Rosenshine

Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk
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