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Supplemental Education Services under No Child Left Behind: Who Signs up, and What Do They Gain? [electronic resource] : Working Paper / Carolyn J. Heinrich, Robert H. Meyer and Gregory W. Whitten.

Schools that have not made adequate yearly progress in increasing student academic achievement are required, under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), to offer children in low-income families the opportunity to receive supplemental educational services (SES). In research conducted in Milwaukee Public Schoo...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Heinrich, Carolyn J.
Corporate Author: Urban Institute
Other Authors: Meyer, Robert H., Whitten, Gregory W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2009.
Subjects:
Educational Indicators.
Federal Programs.
Academic Achievement.
Elementary Secondary Education.
Low Income.
Federal Legislation.
Supplementary Education.
Parent School Relationship.
Parent Student Relationship.
Focus Groups.
Student Surveys.
Perception.
Eligibility.
Public Schools.
Tutoring.
Enrollment.
Qualitative Research.
Educational Improvement.
Achievement Gains.
Reading Achievement.
Mathematics Achievement.
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Summary:Schools that have not made adequate yearly progress in increasing student academic achievement are required, under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), to offer children in low-income families the opportunity to receive supplemental educational services (SES). In research conducted in Milwaukee Public Schools, the authors explore whether parents and students are aware of their eligibility and options for extra tutoring under NCLB, and who among eligible students registers for SES. Using the best information available to school districts, the authors estimate the effects of SES in increasing students' reading and math achievement. They find no average impacts of SES attendance on student achievement gains and use qualitative research to explore possible explanations for the lack of observed effects. Appendices include: (1) Supplemental Education Services Evaluation Focus Group Protocol; and (2) Milwaukee Public Schools 2006-2007 Supplemental Education Services Student Survey. (Contains 8 tables and 19 notes.) [This paper was presented at the "NCLB: Emerging Findings Research Conference" at the Urban Institute, Washington, D.C. on August 12, 2009.]
Item Description:Availability: Urban Institute. 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20037. Tel: 202-261-5687; Fax: 202-467-5775; Web site: http://www.urban.org.
Sponsoring Agency: Milwaukee Public Schools, WI.
Abstractor: As Provided.
Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education.
Physical Description:60 pages.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:Text (Reports, Evaluative)
Text (Tests/Questionnaires)
Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note:Urban Institute.

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