What are the determining factors for placing a school in federal School Improvement Status?
Federal school improvement status designations apply only to Title I schools. Title I schools that do not make AYP for two consecutive years are placed in School Improvement Status and must offer Choice. Title I schools that do not make AYP for three consecutive years must offer both Choice and Supplemental Educational Services (SES). If those schools miss making AYP for a fourth consecutive year, they are designated as being in Corrective Action and must choose among several remediation strategies outlined in federal law. A fifth year of missing AYP results in a restructuring planning year and then a sixth year of missing AYP requires that the restructuring plan be implemented.A list of currently approved SES providers can be found at http://www.isbe.net/nclb/pdfs/sesprovider.
