Chapter 1 Aid Failed To Close Learning Gap

Washington

The federal government's largest K-12 education program failed to meet its goal of closing the learning gap between low-achieving students and their classmates, according to the final results from a longitudinal study of 27,000 students.

Students who received compensatory education under the federal Chapter 1 program, now revised and known as Title I, continued to lag behind their peers by the same amount after receiving extra help in reading and math, a summary of the...