EDUC 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Adequate Yearly Progress, National Education Association, Common Core State Standards Initiative
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Overarching goal: all students should be grade-level proficient in reading and math by. 4 principles of nclb: parental choice, local control, resources for methods that work , accountability (testing) Students take annual tests, grades 3-8 and 11. Schools must make adequate yearly progress (ayp: goal: universal proficiency by 2014, annual improvement in proficiency rate, must make progress for subgroups as well: Largely unenforced and unfunded mandate: unrealistic expectations, not clear how to make improvements. Non-standardized standards: states are different in their tests of proficiency for students and teachers. 2009 race to the top (rttt) (. 35b: american recovery and reinvestment act (b, competitive grant process for states. States and districts write proposals to receive federal funds as grants. Apply for money, get ranked for points. Proposals had to center around closing achievement gaps and preparing students for college: adopting more rigorous standards and assessments.
