No Child Left Behind
The 2001 Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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INFORMATION
RESOURCES
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pennsylvania's No Child Left Behind Position Paper
NCLB Homepage
Pennsylvania Accountability System
AYP Lists
School Report Cards
School Improvement Planning Tools
Public School Choice
Unsafe School Choice Option
U.S. Department of Education
www.SchoolResults.org (national database of NCLB data)
No Child Left Behind Web Site
No Child Left Behind Act (H.R. 1)
NCLB Policy Letters to States
Teacher Quality
U.S. Department of Education Revised Regulations for:
Calculating Participation Rates in Assessments
Special Education Assessment
English Language Learners
Highly Qualified Teachers
Education Commission of the States
NCLB Reauthorization Database
No Child Left Behind
National Conference of State Legislatures
No Child Left Behind Homepage
Newspaper Articles on NCLB Activity
Johns Hopkins University
Center for Social Organization of Schools
Education Week
No Child Left Behind: A Progress Report
Pennsylvania State Education Association
ESEA Information Page
American Federation of Teachers
NCLB Homepage
National Education Association
NCLB/ESEA Issue Page
National School Boards Association
NCLB Online Resource Guide
American Association of School Administrators
Resources and Best Practices for Implementing No Child Left Behind
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
NCLB Homepage
National Center for Education Statistics
NAEP and the No Child Left Behind Act
National PTA
Parents Rights Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Issue Page
Title I of ESEA Issue Page
National Parent Information Network
What Does "No Child Left Behind" Mean for Parents?
NCLB Homepage
Education Law Center-PA
Your Right to Information Under the "No Child Left Behind" Act
LSS-EPLC SUMMER INSTITUTE 2004
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On August 1-3, 2004, The Education Policy and Leadership Center
and the Laboratory for Student Success at Temple
University brought together regional teams
from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to discuss issues
related to No Child Left Behind.
Presentations from this Summer Institute for State Education Policy Teams are available below.
"Meritorious New Teacher Candidate"
by Diana Ridgen, Director, Mid-Atlantic Regional Teachers Project (MARTP)
MS PowerPoint Presentation
"Unfulfilled Promise: Ensuring High Quality Teachers for our Nation's Students"
by Eric Hirsch, Vice President, Policy and Partnerships, The Southeast Center for Teaching Quality (SECTQ)
MS PowerPoint Presentation
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RESEARCH & REPORTS
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Pennsylvania Reports
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| Center on Education Policy
Pennsylvania Reports
Pennsylvania Department of Education: NCLB Reauthorization Recommendations NEW!
Pennsylvania Department of Education, February 2007
No Child Left Behind in Pennsylvania: Students Speak Out
Public Education Network, May 2006
Projecting AYP Results in Pennsylvania
Communities for Quality Education, July 2005
No Child Left Behind: Voice and Views from Pennsylvania
Communities
A report on town hall meetings conducted by the Pennsylvania
Public Education Partnership, Summer/Fall 2004
Making the AYP Team: Statistically, Most Districts Don't Have
What It Takes
Published by the Pennsylvania School Reform Network, November
2003
AYP 2003 - Beyond the Headlines
Published by the Pennsylvania School Reform Network,
October 2003
Instructionally
Supportive NCLB Tests: Why They're Needed, How to Get Them
Handout from Dr. W. James Popham, presented at EPLC's Pennsylvania
Education Policy Forum, April 29, 2003
National Reports
Instructional Time in Elementary Schools: A Closer Look at Changes for Specific Subjects NEW!
Center on Education Policy, February 2008
Reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: Recommendations from the Center on Education Policy NEW!
Center on Education Policy, August 2007
Implementing the No Child Left Behind Teacher Requirements NEW!
Center on Education Policy, August 2007
Choices, Changes, and Challenges: Curriculum and Instruction in the NCLB Era NEW!
Center on Education Policy, July 2007
Moving Beyond Identification: Assisting Schools in Improvement NEW!
Center on Education Policy, July 2007
Answering the Question That Matters Most: Has Student Achievement Increased Since No Child Left Behind? NEW!
Center on Education Policy, June 2007
Students with Disabilities' Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act: Summary of a Roundtable Discussion and Guiding Principles for Reauthorization of ESEA/NCLB NEW!
Center on Education Policy, June 2007
English Language Learners' Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act NEW!
Center on Education Policy, June 2007
Educational Architects: Do State Education Agencies Have the Tools Necessary to Implement NCLB? NEW!
Center on Education Policy, May 2007
Building on Results: A Blueprint for Strengthening the No Child
Left Behind Act NEW!
U.S. Department of Education, January 2007
Ten Big Effects of the No Child Left Behind Act on Public Schools
Center on Education Policy, October 2006
"Failing" or "Succeeding" Schools: How Can We Tell?
American Federation of Teachers, 2006
The Accuracy and Effectiveness of Adequate Yearly Progress,
NCLB's School Evaluation System
By William J. Mathis, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union,
University of Vermont, September 2006
Building on State Reform: Maryland School Restructuring
Center on Education Policy, September 2006
Keeping Watch on Reading First
Center on Education Policy, September 2006
Does School Choice Work? Effects on Student Integration and
Achievement
Public Policy Institute of California, 2006
No Child Left Behind Act: Education Actions Needed to Improve
Local Implementation and State Evaluation of Supplemental Education Services
U.S. Government Accountability Office, August 2006
No Child Left Behind Act: States Face Challenges Measuring
Academic Growth
U.S. Government Accountability Office, July 2006
Tracking Achievement Gaps and Assessing the Impact of NCLB on
the Gaps: An In-depth Look into National and State Reading and
Math Outcome Trends
By Jaekyung Lee, The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, June 2006
Open to the Public: The Public Speaks Out on No Child Left Behind
Public Education Network, May 2006
From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 4 of the No Child Left
Behind Act
Center on Education Policy, March 2006
Opportunity Knocks: Applying Lessons from the Education
Adequacy Movement to Reform the No Child Left Behind Act
The Campaign for Educational Equity, March 2006
The Unraveling of No Child Left Behind: How Negotiated Changes
Transform the Law
By Gail L. Sunderman, The Civil Rights Project at Harvard
University, February 2006
Wrestling the Devil in the Details: An Early Look at Restructuring in California
Center on Education Policy, February 2006
A Shell Game: Federal Funds to Improve Schools
Center on Education Policy, February 2006
No Child Left Behind: A Road Map to State Implementation
U.S. Department of Education, November 2005
States Test Limits of Federal AYP Flexibility
Center on Education Policy, November 2005
Hope but No Miracle Cures: Michigan's Early Restructuring Lessons
Center on Education Policy, November 2005
No Child Left Behind in Indian Country
A preliminary report from the National Indian Education
Association, October 2005
All Choice Created Equal? How Good Parents Select "Failing"
Schools
By Courtney A. Bell, University of Connecticut, published by
the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education,
October 2005
The New Demography of America's Schools: Immigration and the
No Child Left Behind Act
The Urban Institute, September 2005
State Involvement in School Restructuring Under No Child Left
Behind in the 2004-05 School Year
Education Commission of the States, September 2005
Case Studies of Supplemental Services Under the No Child Left
Behind Act: Findings from 2003-04
U.S. Department of Education, September 2005
2005 State Policies Related to the No Child Left Behind Act
Education Commission of the States, July 2005
States Revolt: Calls for Action to Fix No Child Left Behind
Communities for Quality Education, 2005
State Percentages of Failing Schools
Communities for Quality Education, 2005
Academic Intervention Services in Ohio
Ohio Legislative Office of Education Oversight, May 2005
The Impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on Student
Achievement and Growth: 2005 Edition
Northwest Evaluation Association, April 2005
Raising Achievement: A New Path for No Child Left Behind
U.S. Department of Education, April 2005
Reaching Capacity: A Blueprint for the State Role in Improving
Low Performing Schools and Districts
The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy and MassINC,
Spring 2005
Evaluating Supplemental Education Service Providers: Suggested
Strategies for States
An issue brief prepared by Dr. Stephen M. Ross, Center for
Research in Educational Policy, and the Supplemental
Educational Services Quality Center, March 2005
Report on the No Child Left Behind Act, Year 3
Center on Education Policy, March 2005
Open to the Public: Speaking Out on No Child Left Behind
Public Education Network, March 2005
Identifying School Districts for Improvement and Corrective
Action Under the No Child Left Behind Act
Center on Education Policy, March 2005
School Improvement Under No Child Left Behind
Center for American Progress, March 2005
Overview and Synthesis of the Regional Advisory Committee
Reports On Educational Challenges and Technical Assistance
Needs
A Report to the U.S. Department of Education prepared by The
CNA Corporation, March 2005
NCSL Task Force on No Child Left Behind Final Report
National Conference of State Legislatures, February 2005
The Providers' Toolkit for Supplemental Educational Services
American Institutes for Research, December 2004
Makeover, Facelifts, or Reconstructive Surgery: An Early Look
at NCLB School Restructuring in Michigan
A report from the Center on Education Policy, November 2004
Measured Progress (full report)
Click here for a summary of the report.
Click here to access individual state data.
A report from The Education Trust, October 2004
A Guide to Education and No Child Left Behind
Published by the U.S. Department of Education, October 2004
ECS Report to the Nation: State Implementation of the No Child
Left Behind Act
Published by the Education Commission of the States, July 2004
The ABC's of "AYP"
Published by The Education Trust, Summer 2004
Questions to Ask About NCLB Reports
Published by The Education Trust
Early Implementation of Supplemental Educational Services
under the No Child Left Behind Act: Year One Report
A report from the U.S. Department of Education, July 2004
Unfunded Mandates: Analysis of Reform Act Coverage
A report from the U.S. GAO, May 2004
Choosing Better Schools: A Report on Student Transfer Under
the No Child Left Behind Act
A report from the Citizens Commission on Civil Rights, May 2004
Individual Growth and School Success
A report from the Northwest Evaluation Association, April 2004
Academic Atrophy: The Condition of Liberal Arts in America's
Public Schools
A report from the Council for Basic Education, March 2004
Midterm Report on States' Efforts to Assist Paraprofessionals in
Meeting NCLB Requirements
A report from the American Federation of Teachers, January 2004
No Child Left Behind: A Status Report on Choice and Supplemental
Services in America's Great City Schools
By Michael Casserly, Executive Director, Council of the Great
City Schools, January 2004
The Invisible Hand of No Child Left Behind
By Siobhan Gorman, National Journal, January 2004
Parent's, Choice, and NCLB's Future
By William Howell, Harvard University, January 2004
Can NCLB Increase Options for Low-Income Students?: Evidence
From Across the States
By Robert Maranto, Villanova University, with April Gresham
Maranto, January 2004
From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 2 of the No Child Left
Behind Act
A report from the Center on Education Policy, January 2004
Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act: A First Look Inside
15 School Districts in 2002-2003
A report from the Center on Education Policy, October 2003
Telling the Whole Truth (or Not) About Highly Qualified
Teachers: New State Data
A report from The Education Trust, December 2003
Telling the Whole Truth (or Not) About High School Graduation:
New State Data
A report from The Education Trust, December 2003
Meeting NCLB Goals for Highly Qualified Teachers: Estimates by
State from Survey Data
A report from the Council of Chief State School Officers,
October 2003
The Future Federal Role: Observations and Ideas
By Christopher T. Cross, Policy Perspectives, WestEd,
Excerpted from the book Political Education: National
Policy Comes of Age, by Christopher Cross, Teachers
College Press, 2003
Using No Child Left Behind to Improve Student Achievement: An
Action Guide for Community and Parent Leaders
Published by the Public Education Network
9 Essential Elements of Statewide Data-Collection Systems
Published by the National Center for Educational Accountability
A Practical Guide to Talking With Your Community About No Child
Left Behind and School in Need of Improvement
A publication of the Learning First Alliance, August 2003
No Child Left Behind: A Guide for Small and Rural Districts
Published by the American Association of School Administrators and
the National Association of State Boards of Education
Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act
A collection of brief essays published by the National Center
on Education and the Economy, April 2003
Understanding No Child Left Behind: A Report on the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 & Its Implications for Schools, Communities,
& Public Support for Education
A report by Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning,
May 2002
Left Out and Left Behind: NCLB and the American High School
A report from the Alliance for Excellent Education
NCLB and Middle Schools: Confronting the Challenges
A report from the Alliance for Excellent Education
No Child Left Behind: Cost and Benefits
By William J. Mathis, superintendent of schools in Brandon, VT
Published in Phi Delta Kappan, May 2003
The New ESEA: A Primer for Policy Makers
Published by The Center for Education Reform, June 2002
The New ESEA: What it Means for Charter Schools
A report from The Center for Education Reform
Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act: What it Means for
IDEA
A report from The National Association of State Directors of
Special Education, Inc.
The ABC's of AYP: Raising Achievement for All Students
A report from the Education Trust
ESEA: Myths vs. Realities
A report from the Education Trust
Education Watch: Pennsylvania Key Education Facts and Figures
A report from the Education Trust
Statewide Educational Accountability Under NCLB
A report from the Council of Chief State School Officers
Making Valid and Reliable Decision in Determining Adequate
Yearly Progress (Executive Summary)
A report from the Council of Chief State School Officers
Toolkit on Supplemental Educational Services
A report from the Council of Chief State School Officers
No State Left Behind: The Challenges and Opportunities of ESEA 2001
A report from the Education Commission of the States
Building on Progress: How Ready Are State to Implement President
Bush's Education Plan?
A report from the Education Commission of the States
A Closer Look: State Policy Trends in Three Areas of the Bush
Education Plan - Testing, Accountability and School Choice
A report from the Education Commission of the States
Papers presented at the Center on Education Policy's
Forums to Discuss Ideas to Improve the No Child Left Behind
Act:
NCLB and Highly Qualified Teachers: Where We Have Been and
Where We Need to Be
Reaching the Goal of a Highly Qualified Teacher in Every
Classroom
Does Highly Qualified Mean High Quality?
Searching the Attic for Highly Qualified Teachers: How States
Are Responding to the Nation's Goal of a Highly Qualified
Teacher in Every Classroom
Examining Intervention Capacity: How Can State and Federal
Government Better Support Low-Performing Schools and
Districts?
Improving Low-Performing Schools: Lessons From the RAND
Assessment of New American Schools (1992-2002)
Lessons Learned From Ten Years of Intervening in
Low-Performing Kentucky Schools
Students with Disabilities and Accountability: The Promise and
The Realities Should there be Alternatives?
The View from the Classroom: What Happens when NCLB conflicts
with IDEA
Clash of the Titans: No Child Left Behind and Students with
Disabilities
Considering English Language Learners in the No Child Left
Behind Act: Reporting Adequate Yearly Progress
No Child Left Behind: Misguided Approach to School
Accountability for English Language Learners
The Fairness and Effectiveness for English Language Learners,
Local School Districts and Local Schools of the No Child Left
Behind Act
Rethinking the No Child Left Behind Act Accountability System
Adequate Yearly Progress Using the Hybrid Success Model: A
Suggested Improvement to the No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind and Adequate Yearly Progress Fundamental
Flaws: A Forecast for Failure
The Implementation of the Accountability Provisions of the No
Child Left Behind Act: A State Perspective
Ruminations Regarding NCLB's Most Malignant Provision:
Adequate Yearly Progress
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PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATION [Top]
Senate Bills
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Senate Bills
Senate Bill 154 (Sen. James Rhoades)
Requires school districts in which one or more schools did not meet state academic performance targets to revise their professional development plans to focus on subjects in which they failed to meet targets, methods to improve the achievement of student subgroups, and training for instructional coaches. Also, requires the Department of Education to create a clearinghouse of continuing education experiences cataloged by area of assignment, certification area, and topic.
Senate Bill 155 (Sen. James Rhoades)
Allows intermediate units to coordinate a pool of educational
advisors to provide assistance to schools and school districts
identified for school improvement or corrective action. Assistance
would be provided upon request. Also, establishes qualifications
to serve as an educational advisor.
Senate Bill 157 (Sen. James Rhoades)
Requires Intermediate Units to support and coordinate an
academic improvement program for school districts that have
been classified in warning for failure to meet at least one state
academic performance target or for districts that request such
assistance.
Archived Legislation
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review No Child Left Behind related legislation introduced
during the 2005-2006 Legislative Session.
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review No Child Left Behind related legislation introduced
during the 2003-2004 Legislative Session.
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