In April 2008 the US Department of Education released their Interim Report on School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services. The report is based on data from the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years. Key findings include low participation rates amongst eligible students primarily attributed to lack of available options, timing of parent notifications and communication problems with parents.

State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, Volume IV—Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: Interim Report (2008) draws on data from the 2004-05 data collection cycles of two federally funded studies—the National Longitudinal Study of NCLB (NLS-NCLB) and the Study of State Implementation of Accountability and Teacher Quality Under NCLB (SSI-NCLB)—to describe patterns in the implementation and usage of choice options that are offered to students in Title I schools that have been identified as in need of improvement.

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