edited by Kenneth K. Wong and Margaret C. Wang
2002
Vanderbilt's Kenneth K. Wong and the late Margaret C. Wang of Temple University co-edited this book, which is the 2nd volume in an educational productivity series whose general editor is Herbert J. Walberg. This 316-page, twelve-chapter volume is organized into sections on "efficiency," "accountability," and "equity." Its policy backdrop is 1994's Improving America's Schools Act, which significantly widened the "schoolwide" approach to Title I. The book, however, deals with numerous issues that bear on this big federal compensatory program, its effectiveness and its possible reform. It likely would have had more policy traction had it appeared before No Child Left Behind was wrapped up. But a number of essays remain germane, such as the thoughtful piece by Tyce Palmaffy and the Gadfly's own Marci Kanstoroom concerning the use of "market forces" to make Title I more effective. The ISBN is 1931576106 and the book can be ordered at http://www.infoagepub.com/oi.htm. Information on the hardback edition (ISBN 1931576114) also appears at Efficiency, Accountability, and Equity Issues in Title I Schoolwide Program Implementation.
