1 Running Head: SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Implementation and Outcomes of Supplemental Educational Services: The 2007-2008 Tennessee State-Wide Evaluation Study

2 Supplemental Educational Services (SES) is a component of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and is designed to provide extra academic assistance for eligible children. Students are eligible to receive SES if they are from low-income families and attend Title I schools in their second year of school improvement (i.e., have not made adequate yearly progress or “AYP ” for three or more years), in corrective action, or in restructuring status. The present research evaluated SES in Tennessee to determine the: (a) impacts on student achievement and (b) perceptions of SES implementation and outcomes by district coordinators, principals/site coordinators, teachers and parents. Using value-added methodology, statistical analyses of achievement data controlled for both student ability and teacher effects in two alternative models. Principals/site coordinators were more positive than both district coordinators and teachers, but responding parents were by far the most positive respondent group. Achievement results from both analytical models yielded mostly small and nonsignificant provider effects. The implications of the findings for evaluating SES are discussed with regard to both research and policy issues.