U.S. Department of Education guidance on statewide accountability systems, Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), and school/district intervention.
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
· No Child Left Behind: A Road Map for State Implementation
Describes ED policies in 5 areas: Assessments in Grades 3-8, Disaggregated Data, Proficiency by 2013-14, Highly Qualified Teachers, and Options for Families. [Date: November 10, 2005 | Format: PDF and Word | Pages: 26, See pp. 7-16]· Non-Regulatory Guidance, Alternate Achievement Standards for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Addresses only the implementation of the December 9, 2003 regulation on alternate achievement standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. It does not address the recently proposed "2 percent" policy or the issue of "modified" achievement standards. [Date: August 2005 | Format: Word | Pages: 40]· LEA and School Improvement, Non-Regulatory Guidance,
Explains the school and LEA improvement provisions embedded in the NCLB legislation and Title I regulations. [revised July 21, 2006| PDF | Pages: 51] See also LEA and School Improvement Guidance Webcast
Assessment and Statewide Accountability Systems
· Assessment Decision Letters
NCLB Standards and Assessment Approval Letters. Each of the States will have more than one approval letter over the next year or so.[2005 and 2006 | HTML]· No Child Left Behind: A Road Map for State Implementation
Describes ED policies in 5 areas: Assessments in Grades 3-8, Disaggregated Data, Proficiency by 2013-14, Highly Qualified Teachers, and Options for Families. [Date: November 10, 2005 | Format: PDF and Word | Pages: 26, See pp. 5-7]· Individual State Monitoring Reports (Title 1)
Include monitoring results of the following programs authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB): Title I, Part A; Title I, Part B, Subpart 3; Title I, Part D. and Title X, Part C, Subtitle B, of the ESEA (also known as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001). [Date: 2005-2006 Monitoring Cycle, 2004-2005 Monitoring Cycle, 2003-2004 Monitoring Cycle | Format: HTML - reports in MSWord form]· Non-Regulatory Guidance, Alternate Achievement Standards for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Addresses only the implementation of the December 9, 2003 regulation on alternate achievement standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. It does not address the recently proposed "2 percent" policy or the issue of "modified" achievement standards. [Date: August 2005 | Format: Word | Pages: 40]· Non-Regulatory Guidance, Title I, Part A-Report Cards
Addresses commonly asked questions about the Title I report card requirements. [Date: September 12, 2003 | Format: Word | Pages: 20]
District and School Improvement
· LEP Partnership
Describes technical assistance and support provided by the Department of Education to help improve assessments and accommodations for LEP students [July 06| HTML]· LEA and School Improvement, non-regulatory guidance
Explains the school and LEA improvement provisions embedded in the NCLB legislation and Title I regulations. [revised July 21, 2006| PDF | Pages: 61] See also LEA and School Improvement Guidance Webcast· Designing School-Wide Planning, non-regulatory guidance
Offers a vision for the use of the schoolwide program, both as a reform strategy and as a means of realizing the high standards for student achievement envisioned by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). [March 06| Word | Pages: 55]