Supplemental Educational Services
The supplemental educational services (SES) provision of the No Child Left Behind Act requires Title I schools in need of improvement to offer tutoring to students in an effort to increase academic achievement. NSBA encourages schools and districts required to offer SES to incorporate these services into comprehensive after-school programs that support both the learning and developmental needs of students. For more information about high-quality after-school programs, click here.
Listed below are a range of SES resources that will be useful to state school boards associations and local school boards in working with SES. Additional information on SES is available elsewhere on the NSBA website. To access resources from School Board News, COSA (the Council of School Attorneys), NSBA's Advocacy office, and other sources, search "supplemental educational services" above.
Resources
- Creating Strong Supplemental Educational Services Programs
[PDF 5,870,675kb]
This 72-page guidebook from the US Department of Education shares practical advice and concrete examples from five school districts that have been successful in creating and expanding supplemental educational services and making them work for students and parents.
- Evaluating Supplemental Educational Service Providers: Suggested Strategies for States [PDF 270,206kb]
This 2005 brief was developed to assist state education agencies in creating and implementing effective evaluation systems for state-approved supplemental educational services (SES) providers. The brief includes proposed evaluation measures, methodologies, and addresses the technical and practical considerations associated with developing evaluations.
- From the Capital to the Classroom: Year Two of the No Child Left Behind Act [PDF 2,370,236kb]
This 2004 report from the Center on Education Policy describes the implementation and impact of NCLB during the 2003-04 school year, the second year of the act's existence. The 253-page report privies a national level examination of NCLB implementation at the federal, state, and local levels based on data from 47 states and the District of Columbia, a survey of 274 school districts, and in-depth case studies of 33 urban, suburban, and rural school districts. Chapter three of the report focuses on public school choice and supplemental educational services.
- Increasing Bureaucracy or Increasing Opportunities? [PDF 318,947kb]
This report from the Harvard Civil Rights Project examines the implementation of the No Child Left Behind supplemental educational services (SES) provision in 11 urban districts.
- State Education Agency Toolkit on Supplemental Service Providers [PDF 617,408kb]
This toolkit from the Council of Chief State School Officers provides materials and advice that states can utilize as they implement the supplemental educational services provision of NCLB. It includes an overview of the legislative requirements, a common application form that can be adopted or adapted by states, and a review checklist that can be used in reviewing provider applications.
- Supplemental Educational Services Non-Regulatory Guidance
[DOC 973,824kb]
The June 13, 2005 version of the U.S. Department of Education's non-regulatory guidance on the supplemental educational services (SES) provision of No Child Left Behind.
- Turning Sanctions into Strategy
[PPT 1,047,552kb]
This PowerPoint from the 2005 NSBA Annual Conference presents information for school district leaders on supplemental educational services (SES) and how they can be used to raise student achievement. The joint presentation was made by NSBA, the Supplemental Educational Services Quality Center, and the Toledo (OH) Public Schools.