Two NCLB Title I educational options: school transfer and supplemental educational services¶

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Evidence · 7 claims (7 for) · 3 studies (3 associational), q1–q3 · 0 of 3 report an effect size · 7 claims rest on one study

Description¶

Under the No Child Left Behind Act, Title I schools identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring due to lack of yearly progress must offer parents two options. As the report states, "The first option allows children to transfer to another school in the district, and the second provides the opportunity to enroll children in supplemental educational services." The report examines participation in and achievement impacts of both options.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Applies to Title I schools identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring because of a lack of yearly progress under NCLB

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• students attending Title I schools identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring

Target Learning Goals¶

• improving student achievement in low-performing Title I schools

Claims¶

• Participants in supplemental educational services experienced significant gains in achievement [+W]
• Participation rates in Title I school choice and supplemental educational services were low [+W]
• Participants in both Title I options came from the disadvantaged populations NCLB targets [+W]
• Participation rates remained low: 1 percent for Title I public school choice and 17 percent for supplemental educational services [+M]
• In 2004-2005, only about one percent of the nearly 6.2 million students eligible for Title I school choice used the option, while about 17 percent of eligible students used supplemental educational services [+M]
• Low participation rates in Title I school choice and supplemental educational services may be related to problems communicating with parents [+W]
• Public school choice was constrained at the middle and high school levels because many districts have only one middle school and one high school [+M]

Related Elements¶

• National Longitudinal Study of No Child Left Behind and Study of State Implementation of Accountability and Teacher Quality
• Supplemental Educational Services (SEdS) under No Child Left Behind

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Ron Zimmer, Brian Gill, Paula Razquin, Kevin Booker, J.R. Lockwood, III. (2007). Title I School Choice, Supplemental Educational Services, and Student Achievement. State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act: Volume I. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/title-i-school-choice-supplemental-educational-services-and-student-achievement