NCLB: Your Comments Wanted
September 2, 2007 by admin
Filed under Fund The Child, General
The Committee on Education and Labor has released its’ discussion draft on the Title I changes for NCLB (Elementary and Secondary Education Act). You can view the summary if you don’t want to read the full draft.
A couple of quick items I noticed in the summary were the following [Emphasis mine]:
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Multiple Indicators/Assessments – Allows states to use more than a single test for accountability purposes. States can use multiple, state-developed assessments taken at different points in time to measure AYP and may consider more than reading and math assessments in the final AYP determination. Such additional indicators of school progress include graduation rates, dropout rates, college enrollment rates, percentages of students successfully completing end of course exams for college preparatory courses, assessments in history, science, civics and government, and writing, and improvements in the performance of the lowest and highest performing students in the school. Substantial improvement on such indicators may provide credit of up to a total of 15% of elementary schools’ Annual Measurable Objectives and 25% of high schools’ Annual Measurable Objectives. Requires states to make itemized score analyses understandable and useful to schools.
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In order to use a growth model, states need to have in place longitudinal data systems that compare the same group of students each year. These data systems will include certain elements, including:
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