Book Reviews: McLaughlin, Milbrey W. Evaluation and Reform: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I. Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1975. 139 + vii pp. $12.00.
The passage of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965 set the stage for a new era of state leadership in improving compensatory education. This article traces the development of state leadership in implementing the Title I/Chapter 1 program quality mandate up to 1988, when Congress added procedural and accountability requirements to make “program improvement” the centerpiece of the new legislation. It continues by describing the challenges now facing the states in implementing the program improvement process and how they are being met, and it concludes with suggestions for the future.
In addition to a brief report on benefits to handicapped children under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, this paper raises two major questions: (a) How will special education relate itself to new and diversified programs emerging in general education, such as Compensatory Education? and (b) Are substantial numbers of children not truly handicapped in capacity, but simply functioning as handicapped due to environmental deprivation?
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act: The Implications of the Trust-Fund Theory for the Church-State Questions Raised by Title I