Supplemental Educational Services and Student Achievement in Five Waiver Districts

摘要

Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, schools that are served under Title I, Part A of the ESEA and that do not make adequate yearly progress (AYP) for two consecutive years are identified for school improvement. If an identified Title I school does not make AYP while in that status, and thus enters the second year of school improvement status, its district must offer students from low-income families in the school the opportunity to receive free supplemental educational services (SES) such as tutoring, remediation or other academic instruction provided outside the regular school day. The district must offer SES to students from low-income families until the school makes AYP for two consecutive years and thereby exits improvement status. A state educational agency (SEA) may approve as an SES provider a school district that is not identified for improvement or corrective action. However, under federal regulations 34 C.F.R. Section 200.47(b)(1)(iv)(B), an SEA may not approve as an SES provider a school district that is identified for improvement or corrective action. In 2005, the U.S. Department of Education began a pilot through which it granted waivers to five districts identified for improvement or corrective action, to allow those districts to serve as SES providers.