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094553 1 (1972-10-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacukf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 094553 ADDRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFOkE THE EDUCATIONAL STAFF SEMINAR WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 12, 1972 THE ROLE OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE IN THE EVALUATION OF FEDERALLY FUNDED EDUCATION PROGRAMS Over the past decade funds expended for education by all sectors- local, State, Federal, and private-have increased three fold--from $30 billion in 1962 to $86 billion in 1972. This same period saw an even greater rate of increase in Federal education expenditures--a four fold increase from $3 billion to over $13 billion. Along with this growth in Federal funding there has been a sharp rise in the number of different programs to improve education in the Nation. In spite of these new programs there is growing concern by the public and by the Congress over the quality of education being made available to the children of America. A recent issue of the magazine American Education cited some alarming statistics about reading, the skill considered by educators to have the most bearing on success in educational endeavors: --one of every four 11-year-olds in the United States cannot read at grade level; and --the strictest requirement in the country for graduation from high school is California's--and that requires only that a student read at the eighth grade level. Add to these statistics the mushrooming cost of education and the financial plight of many of the Nation's schools, and one can readily see the basis for the concern over educational quality. 77j2{_7

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