National Assessment of Title I - Final Report - B. Key Findings - Accountability and Support for School Improvement

National Assessment of Title I - Final Report
Summary of Key Findings

NCEE 2008-4012
June 2008

Preface
I. Introduction
II. Title I Implementation Studies
- A. Key Evaluation Questions and Studies
- B. Key Findings
  - Title I Participants and Funding
  - Student Achievement
  - Implementation of State Assessment Systems
  - Accountability and Support for School Improvement
  - Adequate Yearly Progress
  - School Improvement Activities
  - School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services
  - Teacher Quality and Professional Development
III. Title I Impact Studies
List of Exhibits
Appendix A
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B. Key Findings - Accountability and Support for School Improvement

States identified 12 percent (11,648) of all schools for improvement for 2005-06 (based on test scores for 2004-05 and earlier). Title I schools accounted for 84 percent of all identified schools, and the 9,808 identified Title I schools represented 18 percent of all Title I schools. About two-thirds (68 percent) of the identified Title I schools were in their first year or second year of improvement, with another 14 percent in corrective action and 19 percent in restructuring status.

Schools with high concentrations of poor and minority students were more likely to be identified than other schools, as were schools located in urban areas. Just over one-third of high-poverty schools (32 percent) and schools with high percentages of minority students (31 percent) were identified schools in 2004-05, compared with 4 percent of schools with low concentrations of these students (see Exhibit 6).