No Child
Left
Behind -
NCLB Summary
President
Lyndon
B.
Johnson
signed
landmark
public
education
legislation
in
1965 known
as the
Elementary
and
Secondary
Education
Act (ESEA).
This act
created
federally
funded
public
education
programs
in
grades
K-12,
most
notably
the
Title I
program
which
was
then,
and is
now,
focused
on
services
to
economically
disadvantaged
children.
Since
then,
the
original
ESEA
legislation
has been
updated
or
reauthorized
every
four to
six
years.
The
No Child
Left
Behind
Act
(NCLB)
is the
most
recent
ESEA
reauthorization.
President
Bush
signed NCLB
into law
on
January
8, 2002,
and will
be
replaced
by more
current
legislation
upon
reauthorization
of ESEA
in 2010.
NCLB is
based on
several
key
areas of
public
education.
-
Accountability
for
Results:
States,
public
school
districts,
and
the
schools
within
those
districts,
are
held
accountable
for
improvement
of
education
for
all
students.
The
expectation
is
that
every
state
will
establish
high
standards
for
student
achievement,
and
will
ensure
that
all
schools
annually
administer
the
state
assessment
in
grades
3-11
to
measure
student
achievement
against
the
state
standards
in
reading,
math,
and
science.
Additionally
in
Florida,
schools
are
annually
held
accountable
in
grades
4, 8
and
11
for
results
of
the
state
writing
assessment,
and
high
schools
must
meet
annual
graduation
rate
requirements.
Reading
and
math
assessment
results
are
reported
by
eight
student
subgroups,
five
of
which
are
racial/ethnic
groups.
The
other
three
subgroups
are
economically
disadvantage
students,
students
with
disabilities,
and
limited
English
proficient
students.
All
schools
are
reported
as
to
whether
or
not
the
school
as a
whole
and
the
eight
student
subgroups
meet
annual
achievement
targets
in
Reading
and
Math to
make
Adequate
Yearly
Progress
(AYP),
while
sanctions
are
tied
to
whether
or
not
Title
I
schools
make
AYP.
-
Teacher
Quality:
All
states
must
ensure
that
districts
hire
teachers
in
all
schools and
instructional
teacher
assistants
working
in
Title
I
schools,
who
meet
job
qualifications
as
outlined
in NCLB.
Additionally,
all
teachers
and
instructional
assistants
in
the
district
who
were
already
employed
by
the
district
prior
to
January
8,
2002
(the
day
the
law
was
signed
by
the
president),
must
also
meet
the
requirements.
-
Parental
Involvement:
All
districts
must
ensure
that
Title
I
schools
have
parent
involvement
programs.
The
district
must
have
a
district
wide
parent
involvement
policy
or
approved
practice
that
encourages
the
involvement
of
families
of
children
attending
Title
I
schools.
-
Public
Reporting:
The
state
and
school
districts
must
annually
report
on
the
progress
of
students
and
schools
within
districts
and
within
each
school.
The
report
must
include
a
variety
of
student
achievement
information,
as
well
as
information
on
teacher
quality
and
other
indicators
as
required
by
NCLB.
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