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.

   

JESPAR 8(2), April 2003

Research Articles

"Becoming" Effective: Lessons From One State's Reform Initiative in Schools Serving
Low-Income Students
Karen Johannesen Brock and Cori Groth

A Comparison of School Readiness Outcomes for Children Randomly Assigned to a Head Start Program and the Program's Wait List
Martha Abbott-Shim, Richard Lambert, and Frances McCarty

Impacts of the Co-nect school reform design on classroom instruction, school climate, and student achievement in inner-city schools
Steven M. Ross and Deborah L. Lowther

Using a curriculum-based instructional management system to enhance math achievement in urban schools
Jim Ysseldyke, Rick Spicuzza, Stacey Kosciolek, Ellen Teelucksingh, Christopher Boys, and Amy Lemkuil

Book Reviews

Schooling Students Placed At Risk, by Mavis Sanders
Pamela S. Angelle

Success for All: Research and Reform in Elementary Education, by Robert E. Slavin and
Nancy A. Madden
Steve Fleischman

Privatizing Education: Can the School Marketplace Deliver Freedom of Choice,
Efficiency, Equity, and Social Cohesion
?, by Henry M. Levin
Martha Abele Mac Iver

The Productive High School: Creating Personalized Academic Communities, by
Joseph Murphy, Lynn G. Beck, Marilyn Crawford, Amy Hodges, and Charis L. McGaughy
Lana Smith

Building effective afterschool programs, by Olatokunbo S. Fashola
Mary Thomas Newsom

Effective Programs for Latino Students
Laurie R. Weaver

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