NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001

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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001

• Update
• October 24, 2007

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What is the No Child Left Behind Act ?

• The federal No Child Left Behind Act of
  2001 (NCLB), a major reform of the Elementary and
  Secondary Education Act (ESEA), was passed by
  Congress and signed into law by President Bush on
  January 8, 2002.
• NCLB redefines the federal role in K-12
  education and seeks to help close the achievement
  gap between
• disadvantaged,
• Limited English,
• special education, and
• minority students.

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What the NCLB Act means for children

• yearly standards-based testing (grades 3-8)
• focus on reading and math
• research-based teaching
• taught by highly qualified staff
• Increased graduation rate
• safer schools

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What about Limited English Proficient (LEP)
students?

• Become proficient in English

• Attain proficiency or better in reading/language
  arts and mathematics.

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Four Pillars of NCLB

• Greater flexibility in
• use of federal funds
• for education
• (Local Consolidated Application).
• Stronger emphasis on
• reading/math for all
• students
• (Doing What Works)

• Increased accountability
• (AYP)
• More choices for parents ands students,
  especially those attending low performing schools
• (Empowering Parents)

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What academic testing will my child have?

• Math and Reading (Language Arts)
• Science

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Timeline
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Goals for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) must be
reached.
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Annual Measurable ObjectivesReading and Language
Arts
Approved June 2, 2005
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ANNUAL MEASURABLE OBJECTIVESMATHEMATICS
Approved June 22, 2006
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Did We Make AYP?
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Did We Make AYP?
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Did We Make AYP?
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Did We Make AYP?
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Did We Make AYP?
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What if a school needs improvement?
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SANCTIONS

• Sanctions will be imposed on schools and school
  divisions that do not make AYP for two
  consecutive years in the same area.

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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
SANCTIONS

• TITLE I School
• Elephants Fork
• Year Two School Improvement- Holding Status
• Notify parents of schools status
• Offer Public School Choice
• Implement a two-year improvement plan

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Not Making AYP
(Title I School)

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What are supplemental services (SES)?
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AYP STATUS EXITING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
A Title I school can exit improvement status by
making AYP in the same area for two consecutive
years.
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Not Making AYP
(Non-Title I School)

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AYP and Accreditation
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Points To Consider for 2007-08

• Increased AYP Targets
• AYP calculations
• Reading 77
• Mathematics 75
• Impacts of Tests 3 8 and End of Course (9 -12)
  
• Results of Subgroup Performance
• Use of Funds
• --School and Division

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Whats New For 2007?
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Reversing Order of School Improvement Sanctions

• Request
• Virginia will allow schools the flexibility to
  reverse the order of sanctions in the first two
  years of school improvement.
• Supplemental educational services may be offered
  to eligible students attending Title I schools in
  improvement in the first year.
• Public school choice is offered in the second
  year.

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Expanded Pilot for 2007-2008

• For 2005-06, Virginia was the only state in the
  nation to participate in the SES/choice reversal
  pilot.
• Veterans Alexandria City, Henry County, Newport
  News, Stafford County
• New Fairfax County, Greene County, Fauquier
  County, Hampton, Henrico

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Highly Qualified Teachers
All students will be taught by highly
qualified teachers by 2005-06.
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Reauthorization of NCLB Proposal

• Increasing flexibility and innovation for
  improvement (Growth Models)
• Challenging students and preparing to succeed
  (LEP/Sp. Ed.)
• Close Achievement Gap (Licensure and Highly
  Qualified Status)
• Strengthening Resources (Adequate funding for
  testing, staff training)
• USED Reauthorization Proposal
• Building on Results, A Blueprint for
• Strengthening the NCLB Act of
• 2001, Margaret Spellings