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Taylor, James; Stecher, Brian; O'Day, Jennifer; Naftel, Scott; Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson – US Department of Education, 2010
The "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)" is designed to achieve an ambitious goal: All children will be proficient in reading and mathematics by the 2013-14 school year. A key strategy for achieving this goal is accountability. Based on findings from two federally funded studies--the Study of State Implementation of Accountability…
Descriptors: Accountability, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Program Implementation
Kirby, Sheila Nataraj; Naftel, Scott; Berends, Mark; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan – US Department of Education, 2001
The 1994 Title I reauthorization required states to establish rigorous and explicit criteria for measuring school progress. Based on these criteria, each Title I school is required to demonstrate adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward attaining the state's performance standards. Schools (and districts) that fail to make adequate progress for two…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Disadvantaged Schools