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Executive Summary
Pages 1-4

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... States have used several different data sources, such as the decennial census and the National School Lunch Program, to distribute the department's county allocations to districts. In 1994 Congress authorized the Bureau of the Census to provide updated estimates of poor school-age children every 2 years, to begin in 1996 with estimates for counties and in 1998 with estimates for school districts.
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... ASSESSMENT AND CONCLUSION In assessing the Census Bureau's 1995 school district estimates of the numbers of poor school-age children for use in Title I allocations for the 1999-2000 school year, the panel first examined the 1995 county estimates that were produced by the Census Bureau's statistical model. Although the Department of Education would not use the county estimates for Title I allocations if it were to make allocations directly to school districts, the county estimates are central to the synthetic shares method for district estimates.
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... A benefit of using the synthetic shares estimates is that the department would be able to determine eligibility of school districts for both basic and concentration Title I grants on the basis of a consistent set of estimates nationwide. Also, use of the synthetic shares estimates for direct allocation of concentration grants would respond to the intent of the 1994 legislation that eligible districts be able to receive concentration grants even when they are in counties that would not be eligible under the current two-stage allocation process.
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... Improving school district estimates so that they reflect within-county, as well as between-county, changes in school-age poverty over time will require a substantial research and development effort. It is particularly important to obtain relevant administrative records data for districts, such as income tax return data coded to the district level.
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