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ED Holds Summit on Supplemental Educational ServicesDuring the last week of June, the U.S. Department of Education held a summit on Supplemental Educational Services (SES) and school choice. SES is a hot topic on the Hill as legislators and staff attempt to reinvigorate and redefine the program intended to provide the extra support students need to meet NCLB achievement goals. The summit marked the release of State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act: Volume I-Title I School Choice, Supplemental Educational Services, and Student Achievement, a new report focusing on the achievement of students participating in SES in nine large urban districts. The report found that student participants' test scores improved in seven of the nine districts in the first year of SES and more in subsequent years. There was not enough data on school choice to measure any significant impact on achievement. The nine districts included in the study are Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Palm Beach, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Washington, DC. These districts were selected based on two main criteria: 1) availability of the necessary longitudinally linked student-level assessment data, and 2) relatively large numbers of students participating in the two choice options. Spellings admitted that only 1 in 5 of those students eligible for SES are currently receiving services. Participation is highest in the elementary grades 2-5 with 24% to 28% of the eligible students enrolled. High school participation was extremely small with only 5% of all eligible students participating. The Secretary also recognized that more should be done to make the programs widely available. Congress may do that when the ESEA/NCLB reauthorization bills are introduced later this month. Questions, ideas, or in need of more information? Please contact Stacey Pusey at 302-295-8349. |
Contact AEP's Government Relations Director Jennifer Hill at 856-241-7772 or jhill@AEPweb.org
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