University of Wisconsin

The project will evaluate the efficacy of supplemental education services provided to low-income students as required under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. As part of this work, the project will: (1) estimate the net impacts of supplemental education services on student achievement; (2) identify the particular design elements and curricular and instructional components of programs that contribute to these impacts; (3) investigate whether those students who are most in need of extra aca...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided an unprecedented $100 billion of funding for the U.S. Department of Education. While the initial goal of this money was to deliver emergency education funding, ARRA was also used as an opportunity to spur innovation and reform at different levels of the education system. In turn, ARRA provided a unique opportunity to foster school improvements and to learn from reform efforts. The purpose of this study was to describe the recipients of