Change May Be Too Slow To Aid Title I, Experts Say

By Mark Pitsch

Washington

Changes made in the Title I compensatory-education program in 1994 present long-term opportunities to improve student performance and the way it is measured, educators and researchers told a Senate hearing last week.

But the changes are unlikely to yield quick results, they said, and will be difficult and time-consuming to implement, complicating immediate assessments of the program's effectiveness at a time when it is the target of increasing...