NCLB School Improvement: Corrective Action and Restructuring

Inquiry Overview

A leading education services provider requested custom research from Eduventures to better understand how districts and states are working with corrective action (CA) and restructuring (RES) schools to meet NCLB's school improvement (SI) mandates.

Key Questions

• Who has primary responsibility for school improvement plans - is it at the school, district, or state level?


• How does the state department of education/regional consortia participate in the school improvement process?


• Are schools required to take certain actions under Corrective Action or Restructuring? Are certain actions more popular?


• What are the most important deciding factors in determining what action(s) to take under Corrective Action or Restructuring?


• What happens if the schools continue to fail AYP after implementing a CA or RES plan?


• Do schools use outside vendors (i.e., private management company, consulting services, etc.) for their CA or RES plans?


• What type of funding is available to CA and RES schools?

Methodology

For this custom inquiry, Eduventures interviewed 12 state-level and district-level administrators across five targeted states (DC, FL, GA, IL, and MI) to answer the key questions.