Alia Hamid

Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. 

The Longitudinal Evaluation of School Change and Performance (LESCP) in Title I Schools. Final Report. July, 2001.Volume 1: Executive Summary. This article looks at the Longitudinal Evaluation of School Change and Performance following the progress of students in high-poverty schools as they moved from third to fifth grade, investigating the impact on student achievement of specific classroom practices fostered by school, district, and state level policies. This analysis, conducted between 1996-99 as part of the National Assessment of Title I, tested the effects of changes in curriculum and instruction recommended by advocates of standards-based reform.