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Policy Brief Addresses NCLB

June 4, 2007

Supplemental Educational Services (SES) policies specified by the No Child Left Behind Act are hampered by political, technical, instructional, and organizational problems. In a new policy brief, UW- Madison education professor Patricia Burch recommends that policymakers redesign the law to address the core problem of local administrators lacking fiscal resources and expertise to successfully administer SES programs, and that they examine the apparent tension between the high-stakes accountability imposed on schools and the more limited measures for holding SES providers accountable for their contributions to student achievement. More information is available here.