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- Under the No Child Left Behind Act, elementary school teachers must meet the new "highly qualified" standard. Teachers who teach upper elementary grades must teach math, reading, and science at higher levels of skill. These teachers must have the skills to teach many levels of students.
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Oct 27, 2015 · With its emphasis — obsession, critics would say — on standardized testing, the law became unpopular among many teachers and parents and technically expired in 2007. But it's on the books ...
No Child Left Behind Act: What Teachers, Principals & School Administrators Need to Know. by Suzanne Whitney, Research Editor, Wrightslaw. Print this page. Note: Congress has reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the statute formerly known as No Child Left Behind.
At a glance. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was the main law for K–12 general education in the United States from 2002–2015. The law held schools accountable for how kids learned and achieved. The law was controversial in part because it penalized schools that didn’t show improvement.
- Teacher Qualifications Under NCLB
- Professional Development For Teachers
- Performance Measurement and Accountability
- Modern Reauthorization of NCLB
One major part of NCLB was ensuring that every public school had a highly qualified teacher. These highly qualified teachers were needed for core subjects. Core subjects include English, reading or language arts, and math. They also include science, foreign languages, civics and government, and economics. Finally, core subjects could also include a...
One of the cornerstones of NCLB was the emphasis on professional development for teachers. Recognizing the direct correlation between teacher quality and student performance, federal law mandated continuous training and development for teachers. The U.S. Department of Education provided federal funds to qualifying schools. Professional development ...
Under the NCLB requirements, schools had to show Adequate Yearly Progress(AYP). They had to show that they were improving student achievement. This meant that each school year, students' test scores on state tests needed to improve to meet state standards. Schools received report cards, which showcased their academic achievement. It also detailed g...
The Obama Administration recognized the need to update and adjust NCLB. This led to a reauthorization known as the Every Student Succeeds Act(ESSA) in 2015. ESSA maintained the emphasis on accountability, but it also provided states with more flexibility than NCLB. ESSA allowed schools to determine how to improve school performance. It also allowed...
Apr 10, 2015 · The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support in 2001 and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Jan. 8, 2002, is the name for...
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Apr 28, 2024 · No Child Left Behind (NCLB), U.S. federal law aimed at improving public primary and secondary schools, and thus student performance, via increased accountability for schools, school districts, and states. The act was passed by Congress with bipartisan support in December 2001 and signed into law by.
Teacher Quality under NCLB: Interim Report (2007) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Ensuring that every child is taught by a highly qualified teacher is a central feature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB ), the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).
