No Child Left Behind

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No Child Left Behind

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Keeping our promise to kids
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
1965

• No Child Left Behind is the reauthorization of
  ESES and was signed into law on January 8, 2001.
• This is the principal federal law affecting
  education from Kindergarten through high school.
• Measures student progress
• Provides School Report Cards
• Early childhood education
• Assures quality teachers

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Four Pillars of No Child Left Behind
Accountability Guaranteeing Results Flexibility
Local Control for Local Challenges Research-Based
Reforms Proven Methods with Proven
Results Parental Options Choices for Parents,
Hope for Kids
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The questionHow will NCLB impact Ridgecrest
and students in Shoreline?
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2001 - 2014
1993 - 2001
ESEA (Federal Law)
Washington Ed Reform (State Law)
NCLB (Reauthorization)
District/school Accountability
State, District, School Accountability
WASL
K-8 Attendance
Graduation Rate
Highly Qualified Teachers
Student Accountability
Certificate of Mastery (2008)
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Grade 4 WASL ResultsRidgecrest - 1997-2004

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WASL
THEN (1993-2003)
NOW (2003-2014)

• Reading, math, writing,
• listening test in grades 4,7,10

• Reading, Math,Writing test in grades 4,7,10 now,
  3,5,6,8 by 2005

• Science test in grades 5,8,10

• Science test in grades 5,8,10

• Accountability (reading and math) based on the
  number of students (in each of 9 categories)
  reaching the state uniform bar from 2003 to 2014

• Accountability (reading and math) based on
  of improvement from a starting point
  for each school 2001 to 2004 for all students

• Goal number of students meeting standard
  increased by 25 by 2004

• Goal Adequate yearly progress (AYP) in all 9
  categories AND 100 of students meet standard by
  2014

• Exemptions allowed

• No exemptions

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Attendance K-8
THEN
NOW

• Unexcused absences determined with some
  common understandings and application among
  buildings following the state law and district
  policy

• Uniform understanding and application of the
  state law and district policy

• No accountability for
• attendance

• 1 or less in unexcused
• absences per year

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Graduation Rates
THEN
NOW

• Reported to state

• Reported to state and federal government

• Accountability but no sanctions

• 85 cohort graduation goal for 2014 and adequate
  yearly progress toward goal of 1 a year

• No common ways for tracking students

• Regulations for tracking students (student ID,
  cohort begins in 9th grade)

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Highly Qualified Teacher

• THEN
• Existing Teachers
• Bachelors degree
• State certified
• Endorsed in grade level or core academic area
  assigned to teach
• New Teachers
• Bachelors degree
• State certified

• NOW
• Existing Teachers
• Bachelors degree
• State certified
• Endorsed in grade level or core academic area
  assigned to teach OR National Board Certified OR
  have satisfactory annual evaluations
• New Teachers
• Bachelors degree
• State certified/pro-cert
• Pass a basic skills competency assessment
  appropriate to their assignment

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NCLB Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)Elements

• All students proficient (meeting or exceeding
  standard) within 12 years (by 2014)
• Separate, measurable goals in reading and
  mathematics. (State Uniform Bars)
• Must measure reading/language arts and
  mathematics separately.
• Must provide separate, measurable objectives/
  disaggregated data and goals for
• All Children
• Racial/Ethnic Groups
• Disadvantaged (Poverty)
• Disabled
• LEP

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OTHER NCLB AYP ELEMENTS

• School is making AYP if there is a 10 percent
  gain in each group reaching proficiency Safe
  Harbor
• Must include at least one other indicator
• Graduation rates, for high schools
• 1 academic indicator, for elementary/middle
  schools
• 95 of students in each group must be tested.
• Determination of personally identifiable and
  statistically reliable number(s)
• Personally identifiable 10
• Statistical reliable 30

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The 37 Cells of School Improvement
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GRADE 4 STATE UNIFORM BARBASELINE CALCULATED
USING 3-YEAR AVERAGE 20th PERCENTILE (2000-2002)
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• 2002 Adequate Yearly Progress Results

Result Did not make AYP because 1 cell (special
ed. students in reading) did not meet the state
target
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Adequate Yearly Progress - 2003Ridgecrest
Elementary School
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Adequate Yearly Progress - 2003Kellogg Middle
School
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Adequate Yearly Progress - 2003Shorecrest High
School
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Reason(s) for School Improvement Identification

• There are 37 possible cells
• In any cell, 2 years not making AYP
• School Improvement
• 2 years not making AYP in SAME content
• School Improvement

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AYP TIMELINE FOR SCHOOLS (Consequences apply only
to schools receiving Title I funds)
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Adequate Yearly Progress - 2003District Grade 4
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Adequate Yearly Progress - 2003District Grade 7
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Adequate Yearly Progress - 2003District Grade 10
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AYP TIMELINE FOR DISTRICTS (Consequences apply
only to districts receiving Title I funds)
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Communication with Parents

• NCLB obligates districts to provide the parents
  of students enrolled in schools in the
  improvement process with information on
• What the identification means
• Why the school was identified
• What the school, the district and the state are
  doing to help address the achievement problems
  that led to the identification

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Keeping our promise to kids