Report Understanding the Effects of School Funding By Julien Lafortune May 18, 2022 For example, so called “accountability” policies, such as No Child Left Behind, provided incentives for schools to perform better.
blog post Calculating High School Graduation Rates By Paul Warren Jan 19, 2016 Jan 19, 2016 ... ... aims to offer states more flexibility in designing K–12 accountability programs than they had under No Child Left Behind.
blog post Good Timing for New Federal Education Law By Patrick Murphy, Paul Warren Dec 11, 2015 Dec 11, 2015 ... Since it passed in 2001, many states—including California—have chafed under the requirements that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) attached to ...
Report Implementing the Common Core State Standards in California By Patrick Murphy, Paul Warren Apr 16, 2014 As the experience under NCLB shows, teachers respond to assessments-especially when they are attached to rewards and sanctions. The new tests, in other ...
blog post No-Stakes Testing By Patrick Murphy Mar 12, 2014 Mar 12, 2014 ... ... that the pilot testing would satisfy the federal requirement that California test its students as part of the No Child Left Behind law.
event A Conversation with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Jun 21, 2013 ... of early learning, the coalition of California school districts seeking a federal waiver from No Child Left Behind, and the future of higher education.
Report California’s Changing K-12 Accountability Program By Paul Warren Jan 17, 2013 Testing in California goes above and beyond federal requirements. NCLB requires annual testing only in mathematics and English, and only in grades 3-8. To meet ...
Report California’s English Learner Students By Laura Hill Sep 6, 2012 Scores of “proficient” or above are required for meeting federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements. Scores are lower for all students at higher ...
press release Efforts to Help Struggling Students Pass Exit Exam Are Too Little, Too Late Jun 26, 2012 ... program—and are the sole measure used to determine whether high schools have made “Adequate Yearly Progress” under the No Child Left Behind Act.
press release Diagnostic Tests Result in Big Math Gains Oct 11, 2011 ... one is to measure student proficiency and determine which schools receive interventions and sanctions set out in the federal No Child Left Behind law.