SES provider landscape and service delivery characteristics in oversubscribed districts¶

Element · All elements
Evidence · 1 claim (1 mixed) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The provider survey describes who delivered SES and how. "Most providers (70 percent) were for-profit firms," and "on average, 60 percent of providers' instructional staff were regular schoolteachers working in the local district." Most providers (64 percent) delivered services at students' schools, almost all face-to-face (92 percent), most commonly in small groups: "44 percent of provider services were in groups of 2–5 students, 34 percent in one-on-one sessions, and 21 percent in groups of 6–10." A few dominant providers served most students: 9 providers served 50 percent of students, with the rest served by 179 providers.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Providers must be approved by the state to offer SES

Constraints¶

• Descriptive findings come from six nonrepresentative oversubscribed districts in Connecticut, Ohio, and Florida

Target Learners¶

• Low-income SES applicants in grades 3-8

Target Learning Goals¶

• Reading achievement
• Mathematics achievement

Claims¶

• Intensity of SES services and other provider characteristics are not significantly related to estimated impacts [~M]

Related Elements¶

• Title I Supplemental Educational Services (SES) tutoring program
• Regression discontinuity design exploiting oversubscription rationing of SEdS

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Deke, John, Lisa Dragoset, Karen Bogen, and Brian Gill (2012). Impacts of Title I Supplemental Educational Services on Student Achievement (NCEE 2012-4053). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. http://ies.ed.gov/ncee