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Supplemental Education Services In Arkansas, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Supplemental Education Services In Arkansas, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Policy Briefs
The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 gives eligible students who attend Title I schools not making adequate yearly progress (AYP) for at least three consecutive years the right to receive free supplemental education services, such as after-school tutoring. Under NCLB, states must provide a list of approved supplemental services providers to districts, who then, theoretically, provide the list to parents of eligible students prior to the start of the school year, so that they can choose the best provider for their children (U. S. Department of Education, 2005).
Alternative Learning Environments In Arkansas, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Alternative Learning Environments In Arkansas, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Policy Briefs
One intervention that has been shown to be successful in helping students who have not done well in traditional school settings is alternative learning environments (ALE), or alternative schools (Lehr, Lanners, & Lange, 2003). The U.S. Department of Education (2002) defines an alternative school as “a public elementary/secondary school that addresses the needs of students that typically cannot be met in a regular school, provides nontraditional education, serves as an adjunct to a regular school, or falls outside the categories for regular, special education or vocational education.”