Effective schools programs
Subtitle: their extent and characteristics : briefing report to the Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives
Publisher: United States General Accounting Office
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: School improvement programs; Evaluation; School management and organization; School environment; Achievement motivation
Notes: Cover title.

"GAO/HRD-89-132BR."

"B-235384"--P. 1.

"September 1989."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Letter; title: Effective Schools Programs : Their Extent and Characteristics. Background ; Objectives, Scope, and Methodology ; Many School Districts Operate Effective Schools Programs ; Which Schools and Districts Have Effective Schools Programs? ; School Characteristics Emphasized by Programs ; Many Districts Require Schools to Implement Effective Schools Programs ; Districts Seldom Determine If Programs Help All Children ; Federal Evaluation Requirements for Effective Schools Programs; title: Appendix I: Selected Characteristics of Effective Schools Cited in Research Literature; title: Appendix II: Five School Characteristics in the Definition of Effective Schools Programs Included in Public Law 100-297; title: Appendix III: Chapter 2 Block Grant Program : Six Authorized Local Targeted Assistance Programs; title: Appendix IV: Estimates and Confidence Intervals for Selected Questionnaire Responses; title: Appendix V: Effective Schools Programs in the Fifty Largest Cities (School Year 1987-88); title: Appendix VI: Examples of SEA Assistance to School Districts and Schools for Effective Schools Programs; title: Appendix VII: Tables Supporting Figures in Report Text and Supplementary Tables; title: Appendix VIII: Major Contributors to This Report.