Transcript NCLB - Arlington Public Schools

NCLB
No Child Left Behind
(take notes, please)
What is it?
• Major education legislative passed at the
federal level
– Remember, education is traditionally a state
and local responsibility
• Bipartisan effort
– Effective 2002
• Reauthorization and modification of
“Elementary and Secondary Education Act”
Focus
• Standards-based reform
• Basic Idea:
Setting high standards and measuring
outcomes will improve school and
student performance
How is this reform
implemented?
• Annual standards-based testing
– SOLs in Virginia
• Higher qualification standards for teachers
– Degree or advanced degree in the core subject or
– Major equivalent in the core subject (30 semester credits or the
equivalent) or
– Passing score on state-approved Praxis II exam in core content
– Pass the State Performance Review and/or state-approved teaching
program
• Annual progress report cards (AYP)
– Based on test results and variety of other measures, including teacher
qualifications
• Funding from a variety of levels
– i.e. If your school measures well, it may be entitled to federal funds and
educational subsidies
Success of NCLB
• Teachers actually teach content now!
– Local standards have improved
• Students with disabilities (learning and physical)
have showed higher graduation rates
• School Choice
– If a school is not making AYP, then a student may have the
choice to enroll in another school
• Test scores have improved in many districts
Critics Say…
• Deadline of 2014 for all schools to be up
to standards is too soon
• “Teaching to the test”
– How might “high stakes” testing be detrimental
to students and/or teachers?
• Too much focus on reading, math, science
– Funds being taken away from arts, music,
electives
Critics Say…
• Schools like YHS making AYP?
– What issues might you see with this?