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often targeted to receive services for more than one issue and therefore the totals are greater
than 100 percent.
Table 10. Percentage of CIS Case-Managed Students by Issues for Which Students Were
Targeted to Receive Services
Targeted Issues
% of Student Targeted 2005-06 % of Student Targeted 2006-07
(n=79,704)
(n=78,388)
Academics 55.4% 56.0%
Attendance 13.9% 14.6%
Behavior 68.8% 69.9%
Social Service 27.1% 35.4%
Data Source: 2005-06 and 2006-07 CISTMS
In 2005-06, 2,056,167 recorded hours of services were provided to 83,713 case-managed
students for an average of 24.56 hours of service per student per school year. In 2006-07,
2,233,719 recorded hours of service were provided to 84,129 case-managed students for an
average of 26.55 hours of service per student per school year. The breakdown of services
provided to case-managed students by type of services is presented in Table 11. This increase
in case-managed services was confirmed by case-managers’ responses on the Stakeholder
Survey as previously reported.
Table 11. Dosage or Amount of Services Provided to Case-Managed Students by Type of
Service
Total hours of
services
provided 2005-06
(n=83,713)
Average hours of
services per
case-managed
student 2005-06
(n=83,713)
Total hours of
services
provided 2006-07
(n=84,129)
Average hours of
services per
case-managed
student 2006-07
(n=84,129)
Supportive Guidance and
Counseling
528,966 6.3 565,923 6.7
Health and Human Services 177,885 2.1 208,851 2.5
Parental and Family
involvement
141,319 1.7 169,911 2.0
Career Awareness and
Employment
69,965 0.8 99,506 1.2
Enrichment 558,719 6.7 579,333 6.9
Education 579,313 6.9 610,195 7.3
Data Source: 2005-06 and 2006-07 CISTMS
As shown in Table 12, when examining the type and amount of services provided by a student’s
targeted issues, it appears as though CIS is doing a good job of ensuring students are in fact
receiving the services they need. That is, CIS is not providing a “one-size fits all” or a “cookie
cutter” approach to serving students. Instead, the type and amount of services are tailored to
the specific needs of each case-managed student. For example, students targeted for academic
issues are not only receiving education services, but they are receiving, on average, more hours
of education services than students targeted for other issues. In the next chapter, we examine
whether providing services that address the targeted issues of students and the amount of
services provided (i.e., dosage) influences whether students do better over time on related
outcomes.
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