Assessment/Accountability No Child Left Behind
Title I

Serving Eligible Students

• Public School Students
• Private School Students
• Neglected, Delinquent and At-Risk Youth
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Public School Students

Each school receiving funds has the responsibility to select the eligible students to be served.

• Schoolwide Programs: All students in Schoolwide programs are eligible, as these programs are designed to benefit all students. A comprehensive needs assessment is required.

• Targeted Assistance Programs: Eligible participants in Targeted Assistance schools are those identified as failing, or most at-risk of failing to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related objective criteria established by the local education agency, and supplemented by the school. When resources are insufficient to serve all eligible students, they are rank-ordered and served on the basis of "most in need."

  • PK-2 Students: Students from preschool through grade 2 are selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures. Again, the "students most in need" must be treated as a priority for service within the available amount of resources.

  • Special Populations: There are some categories of children recognized in the legislation as having a continuing high need for services due to the families' long-standing economic status or situation in life that have contributed to severe educational disruptions, placing them academically behind or failing. These are: Head Start, Even Start, or Early Reading First Children, Migrant Children, Neglected or Delinquent Children, and Homeless Children.

Districts must monitor student progress continuously to determine which participants in Schoolwide and Targeted Assistance schools are not attaining the required achievement levels. This monitoring will guide the instructional team regarding the need to modify instruction.

Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance on Serving Preschool Children Under Title I

Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance on Title I, Part C: Education of Migratory Children

Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance on Education for Homeless Children and Youth