Charting progress.
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A new report examining the Title I program, which provides federal
funding to the nation's neediest schools, reveals "substantial
progress [was made] in the last six years, but more work needs to be
done" to bring every student to the proficient level in reading and
math by 2014. Published in two volumes, the National Assessment of Title
I Final Report provides recent data evaluating 1) the implementation and
impact of the program under No Child Left Behind and 2) the
effectiveness of four remedial reading programs. Among the key findings
were that more students in most subgroups were performing on grade
level, though gains at the high school level were lagging, and that 75
percent of all schools and districts met their states' adequate
yearly progress (AYP) targets in 2004-05, while 18 percent of Title I
schools were identified as needing improvement. For the full report,
visit http://ies.ed.gov/ncee.
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