REL Report Examines the Title I Supplemental Educational Services Program in the Appalachia Region
Under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, students from low-income households are eligible for extra academic assistance if they attend a Title I school that has not made adequate yearly progress for at least three consecutive years. Supplemental educational services usually involve individual or small-group tutoring beyond regular school hours in reading and math. This 2006-2011 REL Appalachia at CNA report, A Descriptive Study of Enrollment in Supplemental Educational Services in the Four REL Appalachia Region States, examines the 2007/08 Title I supplemental educational services program by school locale in the Appalachia Region. The study examines enrollment rates, the number of tutoring hours contracted for and attended, and variation in the type of instruction provided.
NCES to Host Symposium on Testing Integrity with Live Webcast
On February 28, beginning at 9:00AM EST, NCES will host a Testing Integrity Symposium to identify and discuss important issues in testing integrity. A distinguished body of panelists will share information about best practices that have been used to prevent, detect, and respond to irregularities in academic testing. Panelists will also discuss the role of technology in maintaining testing integrity. A live webcast will broadcast the discussions throughout the day.
The average score for eighth-grade AI/AN students in reading was higher in 2009 than in 2007, and the percentage of AI/AN students at or above Proficient and at Advanced in mathematics was higher in 2009 than in 2005. (Read more)
Between 1985 and 2008, public school enrollment rose 26 percent, from 39.4 million to 49.8 million. (Read more)
Data Snapshot
Average scores in civics for students eligible for either free or reduced price school lunch were higher in 2010 than in 2006 at both grades 4 and 8.
Approximately two-thirds of fourth-graders both nationally and in large city schools reported never using a calculator while taking mathematics tests or quizzes.
