Title 1 Information and Resources
What is Title I?
Title I is the largest federal aid program for schools in the United States. Nationwide, more than 50,000 public schools (about 12.5 million students) receive Title I funds. In Indiana, 97% of school corporations receive Title I funding.
Title I money is used by schools to provide extra educational services that help students achieve at high levels and meet the local and state academic standards.
How does the money get to my school district?
- The money travels from the federal government to Hoosier Academy
- Census data are used to determine the amount of Title I money the school receives.
- Title I helps schools by supplementing the regular education program and by helping students meet the Indiana Academic Standards.
- Services to children are based on the academic needs of individual children, not on the socioeconomic level of a child or his/her family.
- These students may be served:
- Migrant children
- Children with limited English proficiency
- Children who are homeless
- Children with disabilities
- Any child who is in academic need
- Parental involvement is an important component of Title I. Parents are needed for:
- Planning
- Policy
- Participation
- Partnering
- Program Evaluation
- Title I requires states to develop standards and assessments that will challenge students served by Title I programs to perform to high levels.
- Research suggests that high standards, when coupled with valid and reliable assessments and aligned support, can exert a powerful influence over what children are taught and how much they learn.
Resources for Parents
http://www1.ccs.k12.in.us/district/uploads/File/carmel-clay-schools/academics/title-1/child-becomes-reader-k3.pdf
http://www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/reader/partx4.html