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preliminaryinformationaboutstatepriorities,programadministrationandtechnicalassistance

andarenotintendedtorepresentstateimplementationacrossthe39statesreceivingfunding.

IncludedinthischapterarecommentsbytheRLIScoordinatorsinthesampledstatesthat

illustratethefindingsorprovideadditionalcontext.

KeyFindings

KeyfindingsonstateimplementationoftheRLISprogramincludethefollowing:

.

IntheninestatesthatreceivedthelargestRLISallocationsin2007–08,statecoordinators

reportedthatstategoalsfortheprogramwereconsistentwithfederalgoalsthatfocuson

improvingstudentachievementandmeetingAYPtargets;

theRLISprogramwaspartof

anoveralleffortineachstatetomanagefederalprogramstomeetthesegoals.

Accordingtostatecoordinators,theninestatesinthesampleintegratedRLISintotheir

ongoingschoolimprovementactivitiestohelpdistrictsandschoolsmakeAYP.

StatecoordinatorsinallnineofthesampledstatesreportedthattheallocationsofRLIS

fundstodistrictswerethelastoftheirU.S.DepartmentofEducationfundstobe

finalized,whichmayaffectadistrict’sabilitytodobudgetplanning.

Accordingtostatecoordinators,allninestatesinthesamplerequiredRLISdistrictsto

engageinacomprehensiveplanningprocessandtoaddressgapsidentifiedthroughlocal

needsassessments.Reviewofeachstate’sRLIS-relateddocumentsbytheresearchers

showedthattherewasconsiderablevariabilityamongthestateswithregardtothe

planningtoolstheyusedandtowhatextenttheydirecteddistrictsthroughtheplanning

process.

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StateImplementationoftheRLISProgram

FollowingarethefindingsfromtheanalysisofthestateinterviewsandofRLIS-related

documentsobtainedfromthestatessuchasgrantapplicationandguidancematerials,program

datareports,evaluationreportsandtechnicalassistancematerials.TheStateCoordinator

InterviewGuideusedinconductinginterviewsintheninesampledstatesisincludedin

AppendixA.

GoalsandPriorities

TheprimarygoaloftheRLISprogramintheninesampledstateswasforthedistrictsin

thosestatestomakeAYP.Statecoordinatorsintheninestatesinthesamplereportedthat

helpingruralschooldistrictsmakeAYPwastheprimarygoaloftheirRLISprogram（see

Exhibit2）.Statecoordinatorsintwostatesreportedthattheirstatessetadditionalgoalsforthe

RLISprogramsuchasincreasingNationalAssessmentofEducationalProgressscoresor

reducingdropoutrates.However,thestatecoordinatorsinthosetwostatesexplainedthat

meetingAYPtargetstakespriorityoveranyothergoals,anddistrictswithschoolsinschool

improvementstatusmustdirecttheirRLISfundstohelpingthatschoolmakeAYP.

Exhibit2

StateGoalsforRuralandLow-IncomeSchool（RLIS）Funds

State

StateRLISGoal（s）

AlabamaMakeAYP

GeorgiaMakeAYP

KentuckyMakeAYP

LouisianaMakeAYP

MakeAYP

Mississippi，

IncreaseNationalAssessmentof

EducationalProgressscores

Reducedropoutrate

NorthCarolinaMakeAYP

Oklahoma

MakeAYP

Texas

Increaseachievement

WestVirginia

Exhibitreads:

ThestateofAlabamahasastateRLIS

goaltomakeAYP.

Source:

RLISstatecoordinatorinterviews.

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Intheninestatesinthesample,theonlysignificantchangeinstategoalsoverthecourseof

theRLISprogramwasanincreasedemphasisonmakingAYP.RLISfundsaregenerally

veryflexible.However,ifadistrictfailstomakeAYPafterreceivingthesefundsforthreeyears,

theymaybeusedonlyforactivitiesthatwillhelpthedistrictmakeAYP.Oncetheprogramhad

beenimplementedforthreeyearsandsomedistrictsfoundthemselvesinschoolimprovement

status,therewasanincreasedemphasisonthegoalofmakingAYPintheninestatesthat

receivedthelargestRLISallocationsin2007–08.

Accordingtothenineinterviewedstatecoordinators,districtsdidnotusuallysetgoalsfor

theRLISprogrambeyondthosesetbythestate.Accordingtostatecoordinators,districts

usuallyidentified,throughaconsolidatedplanningandapplicationprocess,specificstrategies

andactivitiestheywouldusetomeetthestategoalofmakingAYP.Thus,whilethegoalwasthe

sameasthatof