Early Implementation of Supplemental Educational Services under the No Child Left Behind Act. Year One Report

摘要

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) expanded the range of choices available to parents whose children attend Title I schools identified for improvement. For example, children in schools not making adequate yearly progress (AYP) for two consecutive years or more are now eligible to transfer to another public school. Children from low-income families enrolled in schools not making AYP for three years or more are eligible to receive supplemental educational services, including tutoring, remediation, and other academic instruction. According to NCLB, states and school districts were required to implement the supplemental educational services provisions at the beginning of the 2002-03 school year. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued its draft non-regulatory guidance in August 2002. This study looks at early implementation of the supplemental services provisions of NCLB through case studies of six states and nine school districts and analyzes the ways in which some states and local school districts have responded to the requirement to offer supplemental services to parents and their children who attend Title I schools identified for improvement.