A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Mapping Out the National Assessment of Title I: the Interim Report - 1996

Acknowledgments

Mapping Out the Interim Assessment of Title I was prepared under the direction of Marshall S. Smith, Under Secretary, and Alan L. Ginsburg, Director of the Planning and Evaluation Service. Staff from the Planning and Evaluation Service who were instrumental in preparing the interim report of the National Assessment of Title I, include:

Valena Plisko, Director of the Elementary and Secondary Education Division
Joanne Bogart, Project Director for the National Assessment of Title I
Melissa Chabran
Robert Glenn
Bridget Keenan
Brenda Long
Jeffrey Rodamar
Susan Ross
Elois Scott
Stephanie Stullich
Joanne Wiggins

We would also like to acknowledge the many individuals who contributed information and commented on the manuscript. U.S. Department of Education staff, include:

Robert Ardike: Office of the Under Secretary, Planning and Evaluation Service
Barbara Coates: Office of the Under Secretary, Planning and Evaluation Service
Joe Conaty: Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Tom Corwin: Office of the Under Secretary, Budget Service
Elizabeth Eisner: Office of the Under Secretary, Planning and Evaluation Service
James English: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Migrant Education Program
Kelley Hart: Office of the Under Secretary, Planning and Evaluation Service
Judith Heumann: Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Lonna Jones: Office of the Under Secretary, Budget Service
Mary Jean LeTendre: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Director, Compensatory Education Programs
Jessica Levin: Office of the Under Secretary
Nancy Loy: Office of the Under Secretary, Planning and Evaluation Service
Margaret McNeely: Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Wendy Jo New: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Compensatory Education Programs
Terry Peterson: Counselor to the Secretary
Delia Pompa: Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Language Minority Affairs
Kay Rigling: Office of the General Counsel
Collette Roney: Office of the Under Secretary, Planning and Evaluation Service
Grace Ross: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Compensatory Education Programs
Susan Wilhelm: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Compensatory Education Programs

We also thank Leslie Anderson, Leila Fiester, Ben Lagueruela, Brenda Turnbull, and Lisa Weiner, of Policy Studies Associates; and Bill Thompson of Abt Associates for their assistance.

Finally, thanks are also extended to the Independent Review Panel and its chair and vice-chair, Christopher Cross and Joyce Benjamin. The list of panel members follows.
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