< Back to NCLB Overview New from ED: Case Studies of Supplemental Services Under NCLB ED's Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development released Case Studies of Supplemental Services Under the No Child Left Behind Act, which focuses on state and district implementation of supplemental services. Those state and districts examined may serve as examples to others who are not as far along in implementing this NCLB provision. This report examines implementation of supplemental services during the 2003-04 school year, the second year the requirements were in effect. This year's report builds on the findings reported in the Year One Report of the case studies; this new report details how supplemental services were implemented at all levels, considers challenges to implementation, and provides some examples of promising approaches. In both years of the study, the districts visited were selected because they appeared to be relatively advanced in their implementation of supplemental services. For more information on ED's Report, click on the URL link below. Findings include: Supplemental services in the study sample were typically offered immediately after school, two to three times a week, for sessions lasting one to two hours. The extent to which providers in the study sample aligned their curriculum with state standards or local curricula was unclear. The number of supplemental service providers approved for the 2003-04 school year increased by approximately 200 across the six case study states. The task of monitoring supplemental service providers and of evaluating their performance continued to be a challenge for the case study states. The average district per-pupil expenditure for supplemental services among the nine case study districts was $1,408 in 2003-04. In general, school and district staff at the sampled sites reported that providers were able to accommodate the needs of students. To download a free PDF version of the ED report, go to Case Studies of Supplemental Services Under the No Child Left Behind Act. Related resources from SchoolsMovingUp: SchoolsMovingUp's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) special section provides specific resources, services, and tools on key NCLB topics, including select Department of Education guidance, regulations, legislation, and announcements. For easy reference, resources are organized by major NCLB topics. For more information on supplemental services, go to SchoolsMovingUp's NCLB/Supplemental Services page. URL: http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/disadv/supplementalyear2/index.html		NCLB Overview »  Adequate Yearly Progress »  Assessment & Accountability »  Charter Schools »  Choice/Transfer »  English Language Learners »  Enhancing Education Through Technology »  Highly Qualified Teachers »  IDEA and NCLB »  Paraprofessionals »  Parent Involvement »  Professional Development »  Reading/Literacy »  Rural Schools and Districts »  Safe Schools »  School/District Interventions »  Scientifically Based Research »  Supplemental Services