MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
RFQ #R00R620123
SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES


The term “supplemental educational services” (SES) means tutoring and other supplemental academic enrichment services that are in addition to instruction provided during the school day. High quality, research-based SES are programs specifically designed to increase the academic achievement of eligible children on the academic assessments required under NCLB Section 1111 and to attain proficiency in meeting the State’s academic achievement standards [NCLB §1116(e)(12)(C)]. The definition of scientifically based research, as defined in NCLB Title IX, Part A, §9101(35), is provided in Exhibit 2.....


TITLE IX, Part A, § 9101(37)
(37) SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH- The term scientifically based
research—
(A) means research that involves the application of rigorous, systematic, and
objective procedures to obtain reliable and valid knowledge relevant to education
activities and programs; and
(B) includes research that —
(i) employs systematic, empirical methods that draw on observation or experiment;
(ii) involves rigorous data analyses that are adequate to test the stated hypotheses and
justify the general conclusions drawn;
(iii) relies on measurements or observational methods that provide reliable and valid
data across evaluators and observers, across multiple measurements and observations,
and across studies by the same or different investigators;
(iv) is evaluated using experimental or quasi-experimental designs in which
individuals, entities, programs, or activities are assigned to different conditions and
with appropriate controls to evaluate the effects of the condition of interest, with a
preference for random-assignment experiments, or other designs to the extent that
those designs contain within-condition or across-condition controls;
(v) ensures that experimental studies are presented in sufficient detail and clarity to
allow for replication or, at a minimum, offer the opportunity to build systematically
on their findings; and
(vi) has been accepted by a peer-reviewed journal or approved by a panel of
independent experts through a comparably rigorous, objective, and scientific review.