No Child Left Behind: Improving Academic Achievement Through Flexibility & Accountability for Schools : Field Hearing Before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, April 15, 2004 in Augusta, Georgia |
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... School Improvement and Federal Pro- grams for Floyd County Schools . Dr. McDaniel began his edu- cational career in a K - 12 school teaching elementary , middle , and high school math at Cedar Ridge Academy in Smyrna . He has also ...
... School Improvement and Federal Pro- grams for Floyd County Schools . Dr. McDaniel began his edu- cational career in a K - 12 school teaching elementary , middle , and high school math at Cedar Ridge Academy in Smyrna . He has also ...
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... school has been subject to years of not making adequate yearly progress they lose Federal dol- lars , and that is ... middle school , or their location in a rural area , they need additional time working with the state to get highly ...
... school has been subject to years of not making adequate yearly progress they lose Federal dol- lars , and that is ... middle school , or their location in a rural area , they need additional time working with the state to get highly ...
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... school districts to tailor Federal programs to meet their unique needs and priorities . Administrators and educators ... middle school AYP decisions over a three - year period of time . This menu in- cludes retention rate ; achievement ...
... school districts to tailor Federal programs to meet their unique needs and priorities . Administrators and educators ... middle school AYP decisions over a three - year period of time . This menu in- cludes retention rate ; achievement ...
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... school dis- tricts , and schools may count the " proficient " scores of students with the most sig- nificant ... middle or secondary school teachers provisionally to teach multiple subjects even if they do not meet all the criteria for a ...
... school dis- tricts , and schools may count the " proficient " scores of students with the most sig- nificant ... middle or secondary school teachers provisionally to teach multiple subjects even if they do not meet all the criteria for a ...
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... middle , and high school levels . Other areas covered by the new guidance include the use of a High , Objective , Uniform State Standard of Evaluation ( HOUSSE ) for veteran teachers , requirements for special education teachers , and ...
... middle , and high school levels . Other areas covered by the new guidance include the use of a High , Objective , Uniform State Standard of Evaluation ( HOUSSE ) for veteran teachers , requirements for special education teachers , and ...
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Page 10 - ... Nevertheless, I believe we are proposing a strong budget for education in 2003. It builds on the major increases provided in recent years, and gives States and school districts the resources they need to implement the changes called for in the No Child Left Behind Act. The request would provide $50.3 billion in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Education in fiscal year 2003, an increase of $1.4 billion, or 2.8 percent, over the 2002 enacted level. With this increase, the Federal...
Page 3 - I look forward to your testimony. At this time I would like to yield to my colleague, Mr.
Page 2 - ... the dark when some children were actually losing ground. No Child Left Behind requires student test data to be broken down by group and reported to the public. Achievement gaps between disadvantaged students and their peers, once hidden from public view, are now public knowledge. The law...
Page 32 - ... this highly qualified definition to drive inclusion and to say the way you do it is you got to get those kids in the regular ed. room. And that is going to benefit us tremendously. Chairman BOEHNER. My time is up, I have over-used my time. Let me yield to Ms. Majette. Ms. Cox. OK. Ms. MAJETTE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and let me thank all of the witnesses for being here today, and for being so engaged in this process of trying to do the best that we can for all of our children. And I want to...
Page 7 - ... underachieving schools. State flexibility is a key element within NCLB. Individual states are given the flexibility to determine a variety of factors, including the definition of student academic proficiency, the starting point for progress measurement, and the amount of progress that must be made from year to year. They also have the flexibility to develop their own test to determine if existing teachers should be deemed highly qualified. In August of 2003, the Ohio General Assembly passed legislation...
Page 4 - Behind also acknowledges rural school districts face their own unique challenges for improving student achievement. Often, rural districts and schools do not receive significant levels of federal funding under certain programs to meet their needs or the programs
Page 14 - Ms. Cox. So that is why you are here and we appreciate it, and they have all been very diligent in touching base and seeing what they can do to help the State of Georgia as we embark on this very important law. And I also want to thank Dr. Hickok and Dr. McDaniel for their testimony and being here today, and on behalf— just so you get Georgia in perspective—Georgia's 181 school districts, 80,000 teachers, and 1.4 million students.
Page 11 - Such districts would be allowed to provisionally employ middle or secondary school teachers to teach multiple subjects even if they do not meet all the criteria for a highly qualified teacher in each of the subjects they teach. Districts...
Page 27 - After each school's NCLB-AYP School Improvement Plan was completed and the process was well under way, we developed a system plan based on the prioritized needs of each school. Therefore, the Floyd County System Improvement Plan supports each of the individual school plans. Attached are copies of actual plans representing elementary (Attachment D), middle (Attachment E), and high school (Attachment F) levels, as well as the system (Attachment G).
Page 19 - ... achieve at grade level, with no child left behind. We have made it our goal that we will lead the nation in improving student achievement over the next several years, and the implementation of No Child Left Behind will play a significant role in these efforts. Given the great flexibility extended to states regarding the implementation of provisions in No Child Left Behind, all fifty states have unique plans—and Georgia is no exception.