Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions    from students and parents.

1. How Do I Find Out How My Child Is Doing In Title I?
2. What Are The Quarterly Progress Reports?
3. How Does A Child Become Eligible For Title I Services?
4. Is the 45th Percentile A Failing Grade?
5. What Will My Child Be Missing In Class By Attending Title I Extra Help?
6. What Exactly is Done During Title I Tutoring?
7. What is the Learning Compact?

How Do I Find Out How My Child Is Doing In Title I?

While we do distribute quarterly progress reports, it is understandable  
that parents may like to hear how their children are doing more often   
than once a quarter.  

Feel free to contact the Title I Coordinator with any questions or concerns 
regarding the Title I Program, at 635-8875  x 407.

Our Title I staff will be available for questions and introductions at 
parent information sessions and open house events.  We welcome and 
encourage parent involvement.  Title I staff will be available to make 
appointments with our Title I families for individual conferences and 
introductions.

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What Are The Quarterly Progress Reports?

We provide quarterly progress reports that go home with the classroom 
teacher's report cards.  Each Title I Teacher/Tutor is in constant 
communication with their cooperating classroom teachers.  Our Title I 
Progress Reports offer a summary of our tutorial sessions and observations.

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How Does A Child Become Eligible For Title I Services?

A Classroom Teacher has the option to refer a student to Title I.  Once 
a referral is made, a permission to screen slip will go home.  When the 
permission slip is signed and returned, a norm referenced standardized 
test will be administered.  With a score at or below the 45th percentile 
a student may be eligible for services.  A permission to participate slip 
will be sent home.  Once the permission slip is signed and returned, the 
child will be rank ordered for Title I services.

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Is the 45th Percentile A Failing Grade?

No, the 45th percentile score is very different from receiving a 45% on a 
test.  A percentile score shows what percentage of our nation's children 
generally score the same as the child who took the test.  If a student 
scores in the 45th percentile it means that 45 percent of children typically 
score below this student and 55 percent of children typically score above 
this student.
Title I is considered a remedial reading program for struggling readers.  
The 50th percentile represents an average score.  A score below the 45th 
percentile would signify below average, which is our target population.

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What Will My Child Be Missing In Class By Attending Title I Extra Help?

This question can be best answered by each classroom teacher.  Title I 
services are offered as a supplemental service only, never as supplant 
service.  While receiving Title I services students will not miss any 
direct classroom instruction during reading or math.

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What Exactly is Done During Title I Tutoring?

The Title I Teacher/Tutor will coordinate each lesson according to what is 
being taught in the classroom.  We often use the same reading series that 
the child is exposed to in the classroom.  We also augment our lessons with 
researched based, Title I materials, to best suit the needs of our students.

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What is the Learning Compact?

A LEARNING COMPACT is a contract among students, parents, and educators 
involved in the Title I program.
The NH Department of Education has this to say about the learning compact:

"...Each school served under [Title 1, Part A] shall jointly develop with 
parents for all children served... a school-parent compact that outlines how 
parents, the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility 
for improved student achievement and the means by which the school and 
parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the 
State's high standards."

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