Anticipating Congressional hearings related to reauthorizing NCLB, this policy analysis report focuses on how learning supports can be enhanced in the reauthorized law.

The intent is to enhance effectiveness in addressing the factors that interfere with a great many students succeeding at school.

The emphasis is on fully integrating the development of a comprehensive system of learning supports as an essential component in school improvement efforts.

Failure to develop such a system is seen as contributing to the perpetuation of achievement gaps and dropout rates and as playing a major role in the plateauing of achievement gains.

A first draft was sent out for widespread reaction. This document incorporates appropriate changes based on the feedback we received.

Feel free to share this brief with anyone who might be interested and encourage them to share it as well. And, if you think the changes are worth supporting, we encourage taking action that will result in their adoption.

For convenience, this brief can be downloaded by anyone at: https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/PromotingaSystematicFocus.pdf

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