Q. What are the Key Points of NCLB?
1. Accountability
2. Teacher Quality
3. Options and Choices for Parents
4. Safe and Drug-Free Schools
5. Public Reporting
1. ACCOUNTABILITY
How will schools in Michigan be measured?
Testing Requirements
- States administer their own tests which are aligned, valid,
reliable and include all students. Michigan school districts use
the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) for this
testing.
- All students must participate in taking the MEAP.
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Schools must demonstrate proficiency and continual achievement over
time.
- All schools must reach 100% proficiency within 12 years
- Schools must meet annual State objectives for progress
- States will determine annual objectives for programs
All subgroups must meet annual objectives for progress
- Major racial and ethnic groups
- LEP students
- Students with disabilities
- Economically disadvantaged students
ALL students must be included in the assessment
| GRADE |
CONTENT AREA |
PROFICIENT EQUIVALENT |
20TH
PERCENTILE CUTOFF |
| 4 |
Math |
Levels 1 plus 2 |
48.8% |
| 4 |
Reading |
Satisfactory |
38.5% |
| 7 |
Reading |
Satisfactory |
32.0% |
| 8 |
Math |
Levels 1 plus 2 |
32.8% |
Consequences
Failure to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) will result in
implementation of specific consequences. Each consecutive year,
corrective actions become more intensive
- Technical assistance & public school choice
- Technical assistance, public school choice, and supplemental
educational services
- May include replacement of certain staff, new curriculum,
decrease in local authority, internal restructuring
- May include replacement of all staff, reopening as a charter
school, bringing in private management company, state takeover
2. TEACHER QUALITY
What defines a “highly qualified” teacher?
- All core academic subject area teachers must be certified in
teaching in their content areas.
- Parents have the right to request information regarding the
professional qualification of their children’s teachers.
3. OPTIONS AND CHOICE FOR PARENTS
All Title I schools:
- Increased parent notification and reporting requirements for
all districts
- Emphasis on parental involvement
- Transfer option to schools not identified for improvement
- Supplemental services provided outside the school day
4. SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS
States must have an “unsafe School Choice Option”-a plan that allows
students to transfer to a “safe” school if they attend a
“persistently dangerous public school” or become a victim of violent
crime.
5. PUBLIC REPORTING
All school districts will be required to report certain items in
their Annual Report. Some of these items include disaggregated MEAP
data, graduation rates, the number and the names of schools in need
of improvement, and teacher qualifications.
ML/rn 3/12/03
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