No Child Left Behind

1. Testing:

a. By 2005-06 all states must have annual assessments in all grades 3-8 in reading and mathematics.

b. Science must be added by 2007-08.

c. Sample of students (grades 4 & 8) must take part (every other year) in the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests (reading and math).

2. Standards: All schools to have 100% of their students at the proficiency level, as defined by the state, within 12 years.

a. Schools must make “Adequate Yearly Progress”

Title 1 schools that fail to make this progress for 2 consecutive years will receive after…

b. 2 years - technical assistance and school choice.

c. 3 years, supplemental services, including private tutoring

d. 5 years, Title 1 schools must be reconstituted.

e. Quality Staff: Requires states to have a “highly qualified” teacher in core subject areas in every public school classroom Dec 2005.

f. Flexibility: States and local school districts will have flexibility to transfer up to 50 % of the federal dollars to other federal programs (Safe and Drug Free Schools, Technology, Teacher Quality etc).