Sentences with phrase «supplemental tutoring services»

We facilitate learning by providing accredited course offerings and supplemental tutoring services.

We offer supplemental tutoring services that promote student success.

Not exact matches

Indeed, as of September 2002, at least five states had the mistaken impression that they need not meet a key requirement of NCLB for the present school year: to provide tutoring and other supplemental services for students in failing schools.

And only a small fraction of school districts in the country are approved for the supplemental services — tutoring swap under the pilot project.

Districts obligated to provide supplemental educational services must annually give parents a «brief description of the services, qualifications, and demonstrated effectiveness» of each approved tutoring provider in the district.

These obstacles are compounded by the fact that few districts are making it easy for parents to exercise their right to choose or to avail themselves of the related option that offers «supplemental services,» such as after - school tutoring, to students who remain in schools that have failed to improve student performance.

They must make clear «the parents» option to transfer their child to another public school» or «to obtain supplemental educational services [free tutoring] for the child.»

Allowing districts to serve as tutoring providers has had all kinds of deleterious effects on the supplemental educational services program.

And just one more had taken advantage of the supplemental services provision to obtain tutoring from a provider outside of the public school system.

For instance, Huntington Learning Centers, which have the distinct honor of having served the only Worcester student to obtain supplemental services from outside of the public school system, typically contract with families for 100 to 150 hours of individual tutoring.

While some programs are able to make such links through supplemental homework assistance and tutoring services, there are other programs that could positively shape both short - and long - term student learning outcomes but are often discredited as «extra,» «luxury,» or «nice, but not necessary.»

The Title I money available for supplemental services, however, covers just 30 to 40 hours of tutoring, which would require either an abbreviated or an entirely restructured program.

In a report released Nov. 28, the office recommends that the department devise a strategy for evaluating a district's tutoring program, rather than making a «blanket determination» that the district can not provide such supplemental educational services because it has been deemed «in need of improvement» under the NCLB law.

Private - sector providers received $ 400 million in federal money for what are called supplemental educational services in 2005 - 06, according to a new report on K - 12 tutoring by Eduventures, a Boston - based market - research firm.

Expanding student participation in public school choice and free tutoring, also known as supplemental education services

For instance, parents with children in schools identified as underachieving for two or more consecutive years are guaranteed the right to obtain supplemental educational services such as private tutoring, paid for with their children's share of federal Title I funds.

In Florida, we embraced the Supplemental Educational Services (SES) provision of NCLB by communicating it as a three - way partnership where the parents, the private tutoring provider, and the school are all working together for the benefit of the student.

The other is for participation in school - level decisions about allocation of supplemental educational services funds, for example, whether to use them for tutoring or expanded in - school instruction.

He bases this conclusion solely on the fact that few parents in Worcester chose to exercise their rights to switch schools or to choose a for - profit vendor for after - school tutoring - options they possess under the federal law's school choice and supplemental services provisions.

The flexibility means mandates under No Child Left Behind, like a free tutoring program in the Rochester City School District known as Supplemental Educational Services, will no longer be required.

Without it, districts with under - performing schools will have to use it to pay for supplemental educational services such as tutoring, along with school - choice options that include transportation to better - performing schools if requested by parents.

Supplemental services such as tutoring are already available in struggling schools.

In particular, unless a state specifically notes in its approved waiver that it will not use supplemental tutoring and school choice at schools identified for improvement, districts still must report how much money was spent on those services.

Many for - profit providers of the tutoring, known in the NCLB law as supplemental education services, have had to pursue new K - 12 revenue streams, or even close their doors, as federal funding funneled through affected school districts is being reallocated for other purposes.

When schools do not make AYP, students can transfer to a higher - performing school or remain at their home school and receive supplemental education services (SES) like tutoring or remedial help.

The term «supplemental educational services» refers to free extra academic help, such as tutoring or remedial help, that is provided to students in subjects such as reading, language arts, and math.

Tutoring and other supplemental services would be impacted.

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