Improve communication with parents about Title I choice options to raise participation¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

Because the report attributes low take-up of Title I school choice and supplemental educational services partly to "problems communicating with parents," districts implementing these options should attend to how option information reaches parents. The report presents this as an implementation lesson from the first year of two national studies of NCLB parental choice options.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Districts must offer Title I school choice and supplemental educational services to eligible students and communicate the options to parents.

Constraints¶

• The report states the link to communication problems only as a possibility ("may be related"), not a tested cause.

Target Learners¶

• Students eligible for Title I school choice and supplemental educational services under No Child Left Behind

Target Learning Goals¶

• Access to school choice and supplemental educational services among eligible Title I students

Claims¶

• Low participation rates in Title I school choice and supplemental educational services may be related to problems communicating with parents [+W]

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Brian Gill, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Scott Naftel, Karen Ross, Mengli Song, Jennifer Harmon, Georges Vernez. (2008). Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, Volume IV, Interim Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Policy and Program Studies Service. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/title-i-school-choice-and-supplemental-educational-services