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This report summarizes Title I information reported by states in their performance reports for school year 1997-98, as well as trend data from 1996-97. It includes data on both

Part A (Grants to Local Educational Agencies Program) and Part D (the State Agency Program for Neglected or Delinquent Children and Youth). Among the areas reported on for Part A are: participation, school improvement, services, and staffing. For the State Neglected or Delinquent (N or D) program, information is provided on participation by institution type and institution-wide programs. Student achievement information is reported separately in State Education Indicators with a Focus on Title I, 1999, a companion report available at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/PES/elem.html.

• Almost 48,000 schools participated in the Title I program in 1997-98. Of these, over 19,000 reported operating schoolwide programs, a substantial increase of 28 percent since the 1996-97 school year.

• The number of Title I participants increased to 12,524,079 in 1997-98, up from 11,294,693 in 1996-97. Participation by grade level stayed the same, with the largest concentration of public and nonpublic school participants in the elementary grades.

• Thirty-five percent of Title I participants were non-Hispanic whites, 29 percent were non-Hispanic blacks, 29 percent were Hispanic, 3 percent were Asian/Pacific Islanders, 2 percent were Native American, and 1 percent were other. There were no significant changes in these percentages since 1996-97.

• In 1997-98, students with disabilities represented 10 percent of participants; students with limited English proficiency represented 17 percent; children of migratory workers represented 3 percent; and homeless children represented 1 percent of participants. There were no significant changes in these percentages since 1996-97.

• In the 1997-98 school year, 9,195 schools (19 percent of the total) were identified for improvement, an increase since 1996-97 when 7,616 (16 percent of the total) were identified. Twenty-five percent of schoolwide program schools were identified (compared to 20 percent in 1996-97) and 15 percent of targeted assistance schools were identified (compared to 14 percent in 1996-97).

• Eighty-one percent of the Title I students in targeted assistance schools received Title I-supported reading/language arts instruction, a drop from the 94 percent in 1996-97. Fifty-one percent received Title I-supported mathematics instruction, an increase from 46 percent in 1996-97.

• Fifty states and the District of Columbia reported that 1,818 districts (14 percent of the total) provided Title I-supported family literacy services, an increase from the 1,215 reported in 1996-97 (10 percent of the total districts).

• Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia reported that their Title I schools operated 15,736 Title I extended time instructional programs, an increase of 15 percent more than the number reported in 1996-97.

• Teachers and teacher aides constituted 85 percent of the total staff funded by Title I. Close to half of Title I-supported staff (48 percent) were teachers, an increase from the 46 percent reported in 1996-97. Teacher aides represented 37 percent of staff in 1997-98, a 3 percent decrease from the 1996-97 year.

• Other Title I-supported staff included: support staff (8 percent), administrators (2 percent) and other staff (4 percent).

• In 1997-98, 30 percent of State Agency N or D participants were in facilities for neglected children, a decrease from the 42 percent reported in 1996-97; 56 percent were in facilities for delinquent children, an increase from the 47 percent reported in 1996-97; and 14 percent were in adult correctional facilities, an increase from the 11 percent reported in 1996-97.

• States reported that 170 (or 16 percent) of the neglected and delinquent institutions ran institution-wide programs, a decrease from the 25 percent reported in 1996-97. Such programs were authorized in the 1994 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, through an expansion of schoolwide program eligibility to institutions. Therefore, institution-wide programs may serve all students in state institutions or community day programs serving neglected or delinquent youth (adult correctional facilities are not permitted to use the institution-wide option).

Copies of this report are available by contacting the U.S. Department of Education's Publication Center in the following ways: Toll-free phone calls to 1-877-4ED-Pubs (1-877-433-7827), TTY/TDD call 1-877-576-7734. If 877 is not yet available in your area, call 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327), TTY/TDD call 1-800-437-0833; via Internet at http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html; via e-mail at edpubs@inet.ed.gov; via fax to 301-470-1244; and, via mail to ED Pubs, Education Publications Center, U.S. Department of Education, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398.

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