United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-12-10 monographic deposited born digital 61 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-7 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-7 P0b002ee18039c828 f:d057 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-7 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-7 GAO-05-7 Elementary education Elementary school students Performance measures Public schools School districts Academic achievement Secondary education Secondary school students Disadvantaged persons School choice Other Written Product A14336 The school choice provision of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) of 2001 applies to schools that receive Title I funds and that have not met state performance goals for 2 consecutive years, including goals set before the enactment of NCLBA. Students in such schools must be offered the choice to transfer to another school in the district. GAO undertook this review to provide the Congress a report on the first 2 years of the implementation of NCLBA school choice. GAO reviewed (1) the number of Title I schools and students that have been affected nationally, (2) the experiences of selected school districts in implementing choice, and (3) the guidance and technical assistance that Education provided. GAO collected school performance<a onMouseOver="window.status='' ; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status='';" oncontextmenu="window.status=''; return true;" onclick="location.href='http://www.enhancemysearch.com/admin/resu lts.php?q=data&id=2';return false;" href="" TITLE="More Info..."> data </a>from all states, interviewed Education officials, and visited 8 school districts in California, Illinois, Ohio, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Washington. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-7/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-7.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-7/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-7.pdf GAO-05-7 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-7 Other Written Product GAO-05-7; No Child Left Behind Act: Education Needs to Provide Additional Technical Assistance and Conduct Implementation Studies for School Choice Provision; Elementary education Elementary school students Performance measures Public schools School districts Academic achievement Secondary education Secondary school students Disadvantaged persons School choice