Presentation on The Elementary and Secondary Education Act

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Presentation on The Elementary and Secondary
Education ActNo Child Left Behind

• Nicholas C. Donohue, Commissioner of Education
• New Hampshire Department of Education
• November, 2002

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Purpose of No Child Left Behindto ensure that
all children have a fair, equal, and significant
opportunity to obtain a high-quality education
and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on
challenging State academic achievement standards
and state academic assessments
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Persistent Themes

• Local Schools and Districts
• where the action is.
• Federal-State-Local pieces all essential
• Support disadvantaged children
• What Works!
• Increased Resources related costs?
• Urgency
• Accountability
• with teeth.

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Major Provisions

• Provides Flexibility and Local Control
• Provides for Expanded Options and Choice for
  Parents
• Focus on Teaching
• Focus on Reading
• Demands Accountability for Results

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Demands Accountability for Results

• High standards English Language Arts, Math and
  Science at a minimum.
• Assessment system
• ELA and math every year grades 3-8
• Science 3 times, once within each of three
  grade-spans (3-5),(6-9),(10-12)
• ELA and math once with (10-12) grade-span.
• All public school children
• NAEP - 4th and 8th Grade, reading and math,
  every two years
• Single State Accountability System

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• This Year 41.9 Million
• Next Year 59.6 Million
• New Resources 17.7 Million (36 Increase)

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Hghlghts!

• 27 million in Title I Basic - 5 million more
  (18)
• 13.6 million to train and retain skilled
  educators (45)
• 3.1 million for Educational Technology Programs
  in the schools (30)
• 1.5 million to fund after-school programs for
  at-risk children (21st Century Schools Program
  New!)
• 2.1 million in funding for Reading First (New!)
• 3.9 million to help NH assess student learning
  (New!)
• Note Funding figures are US Department of
  Education estimates

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Single State Accountability system

• Based on academic standards and assessments
• Includes achievement of all students
• Include sanctions and rewards to hold all public
  schools accountable for student achievement
  (these may differ from the sanctions required
  under Title I)
• Includes Adequate Yearly Progress
• - Measure of performance and progress

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At The Center Adequate Yearly Progress

• Grounded in assessment results
• Major debate.. Very hard to do as one size fits
  all
• Old version Accepted
• Now changing
• New stakes, new guidelines

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Defining AYP Starting Point
Goal All Proficient
Starting Point
01-02
02-03
03-04
06-07
08-09
07-08
05-06
10-11
11-12
12-13
13-14
09-10
04-05
School Year
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Defining AYP Intermediate Goals
Goal All Proficient
Intermediate Goals 3 years max must increase
in equal increments
First increase within 2 years
Starting Point
01-02
02-03
03-04
06-07
08-09
07-08
05-06
10-11
11-12
12-13
13-14
09-10
04-05
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Annual Measurable Objectives
Goal All Proficient
Starting Point
01-02
02-03
03-04
06-07
08-09
07-08
05-06
10-11
11-12
12-13
13-14
09-10
04-05
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AYP Requires

• Same high standards for all
• Statistically valid and reliable
• Continuous and substantial improvement for all
  students
• Separate measurable annual objectives for
  achievement
• All students
• Racial/ethnic groups
• Economically disadvantaged students
• Students with disabilities
• Students with limited English proficiency
• All related subject areas, all grades
• Graduation rates for high schools and 1 other
  indicator for elementary schools

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How a school or district makes AYP
Each group of students meets or exceeds
statewide annual objective exception - the
number below Proficient reduced 10 from prior
year, and - subgroup made progress on other
indicators AND For each group, 95 of students
participate in the assessments on which AYP is
based


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Schools Not Making AYP For 2 Consecutive Years

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3
• Year 4
• Year 5

• - 2 Year Plan, Choice w/in District
• - Choice, Supplemental Services
• - Choice, Supp. Services, Corrective Actions
• Staff, New Curric, Outside Expert, Extend Year
  and/or Day, Restructure Internal School
  Organization
• - Choice, Supp Services, Plan Restructuring
• Reopen as charter, Remove staff all or most,
  principal too, Contract with entity, State
  takeover, Any other major governance
  restructuring.
• - Choice, Supp Services, Implement Restructuring

Unless natural disaster, or unforseen decline
in Consistent with state law
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For a State to make AYP

• Annual peer review beginning in year 3 will
  determine
• Did the State make AYP as defined under Title I
  for each group of students ?
• Did the State meet its annual measurable
  achievement objectives for LEP attainment of
  English proficiency under Title III?
• (Title VI, Subpart 4)

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If a State fails to make AYP for 2 consecutive
years

• The United States Secretary of Education shall
  provide technical assistance that is
• Valid, reliable and rigorous, and
• Constructive feedback to help the State make AYP
  or meet the annual measurable objectives
• SY 2005 Report to Congress on Status of States
• State Administrative Funds at Stake

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Annual State Report Card

• Will include
• Disaggregated student achievement results by
  performance level
• Comparison between annual objectives and actual
  performance for each student group
• Percent of students not tested, disaggregated
• 2-year trend data by subject, by grade tested
• Data on other indicators used to determine AYP
• Graduation rates
• Performance of districts making AYP, including
  the number and names of schools identified for
  school improvement
• Professional qualifications of teachers, percent
  with provisional credentials, percent of classes
  not taught by highly qualified teachers including
  comparison between high- and low-poverty schools
• Optional information provided by State

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COSTS

• Assessment Expanded, Plus and Minus, Local Work.
• AYP The Cost of Help and Support.
• High Quality Educator Certification,
  Professional Development, Paras.
• Accountability AYP, State, What Will it Look
  Like, What Will It Mean.

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This Year!

• Grade Level Benchmarks
• High Quality Educators Definitions
• Drop out, Safe School and LEP Targets
• Analyzing implications re NH State Law and
  related rules, and DOE capacity
• Communicating well
• Details/Big Picture Balance

• Answering questions without clear answers
• Tracking fed regulations
• AYP for NH
• Identify supplemental service providers
• Support Parent Notification
• NH Accountability System
• Developing Plan for 05-06
• Including key stakeholders

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NH Issues and Choices

• Minimum required
• Single State Test
• Social Studies ?
• Dual (and dueling) accountability systems
• Continue to provide limited technical assistance
• Limit Reading Effort
• Limited Quality Educators
• Assume feds know best

• Take Advantage
• State/local partnership
• Continue to build a powerful system of teaching
  and learning.
• One, sensible, unified system of accountability
  and support
• Attract and keep even better educators
• Lead the nation in literacy
• Assume we can make the best of this.

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NH Issues and Choices

• Will we
• Meet federal requirements or
• meet New Hampshires challenges?
• Meet expectations or exceed expectations?
• Adequate or excellent?

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