Supplemental Educational Services¶
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Evidence · 4 claims (1 for, 3 against) · 2 studies (2 causal),q2–q3· 1 of 2 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A No Child Left Behind programme administered through states and approved public or private providers to offer free out-of-school tutoring and academic support to eligible students in low-performing schools.
Components¶
- Supplemental Educational Services (SEdS) under No Child Left Behind: SEdS are "tutoring or other academic support services offered outside the regular school day, at no charge to students or their families, by public or private organizations that have been approved by the state." The program was created by a modification of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind) and targeted parents of low-income students in low-performing schools. This study evaluates its effects on test scores. (John Deke et al. (2014))
- Title I Supplemental Educational Services (SES) tutoring program: SES are "tutoring or other academic support services offered outside the regular school day, at no charge to students or their families, by public or private organizations that have been approved by the state as SES providers." Districts must offer SES to low-income students in Title I schools missing AYP for a third year. In the study, services averaged 21.2 hours per student (SD 8.8), with 36 percent of participants tutored in both reading and math, 55 percent in reading only, and 9 percent in math only. (Deke et al. (2012))
Claims¶
- Offering SES to eligible applicants near the cutoff in oversubscribed districts has no statistically significant impact on reading or math achievement [-M]
- Participating in SES (averaging about 21 hours) shows no statistically significant impact on reading or math achievement for students near the cutoff [-M]
- Intensity of SES services and other provider characteristics are not significantly related to estimated impacts [-M]
- Catapult Learning Wraparound SES significantly improves middle school math achievement (ES +0.21) [+W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- John Deke, Brian Gill, Lisa Dragoset, Karen Bogen. (2014). Effectiveness of Supplemental Educational Services. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, vol. 7, no. 2. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/effectiveness-of-supplemental-educational-services
- 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
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A No Child Left Behind programme administered through states and approved public or private providers to offer free out-of-school tutoring and academic support to eligible students in low-performing schools. |
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