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Activity Number:
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332
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Government Statistics
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| Abstract - #306617 |
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Title:
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Estimating School District Poverty with Free and Reduced Priced Lunch Data
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Author(s):
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Craig Cruse*+ and David S. Powers
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Companies:
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U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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7112 Split Rail Lane, Laurel, MD, 20707,
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Keywords:
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small area estimates ; poverty ; school districts ; free and reduced price lunch
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Abstract:
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The Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program of the U.S. Census Bureau produces model-based estimates of the number of children ages 5-17 in poverty in school districts. The Department of Education, under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, uses these estimates in allocation formulas for Title I funding . The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) favorably evaluated the program's methodology, and recommended research using free and reduced price lunch (FRPL) eligibility counts in the poverty model. FRPL data are collected annually and are available from the National Center for Education Statistics. This research systematically addresses the NAS recommendation using regression-based techniques, and evaluates the influence of FRPL data as a predictor of the number of children in poverty in school districts.
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