U can be the President
I’d rather be the Pope
Yeah u can be the side effect
I’d rather be the dope
— Prince
v Services for private school students accounted for about 1 percent of Title I funds in 2004-05.
v The number of private school students participating in Title I increased gradually over the past 20 years, to 188,000 in 2004-05.
v In 2005-06, 16 percent of private schools reported participating in Title I.
v Catholic schools were much more likely to participate (37 percent of all Catholic schools) than were other religious schools (7 percent) or non-sectarian schools (6 percent).
v Private schools were more likely to participate in other NCLB programs; 44 percent reported participating in at least one program in NCLB.
v In 2005-06, 60 percent of districts reported that consultation covered professional development for private school teachers, compared with 48 percent of private school principals.
v District respondents were also more likely to report consultation on activities for private school parents (52 vs. 41 percent) and assessment methods for measuring students’ progress in meeting standards (55 vs. 48 percent).
v In 2004-05, districts serving private school participants through Title I funds most commonly provided instructional services to private school students (reported by 87 percent of such districts).
v Other frequently-provided services included equipment or materials (65 percent), professional development for private school teachers (63 percent), and parental involvement activities (60 percent).
v In 2005-06, among public school districts with Title I participants from private schools, about half (49 percent) provided Title I services at the private school site with a district teacher; other common approaches were to provide services at the private school using a third-party provider (28 percent) or in a computer-assisted lab (16 percent).