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No Child Left Behind Resources for Parents English Version Gain helpful insight into NCLB and get questions answered in this resource guide. |
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Como
padre de un hijo en edad escolar, sin duda, habrá oído
hablar de Que Ningún Niño Se Quede Atrás, conocida por sus siglas en inglés NCLB (No Child Left Behind), y le gustaría comprender lo que significa—en particular, los beneficios que les brinda a su hijo y a usted. NCLB es una ley que el Congreso aprobó con firme apoyo de ambos partidos políticos. Cuando, en el 2002, el presidente Bush asentó su firma en NCLB para convertirla en ley, la calificó de la “piedra angular” de su gobierno. Es una ley algo compleja que trata del apoyo federal a la LA IMPORTANCIA DE QUE NINGÚN NIÑO SE QUEDE ATRÁS educación desde el jardín infantil hasta el doceavo grado de la escuela secundaria. |
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As
the parent of a school-aged child, you’ve no doubt heard about No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and would like to understand what it means—especially the benefi ts it off ers to you and your child. NCLB is a law that was passed by Congress, with strong support from both political parties. When President Bush signed NCLB into law in 2002, he called it “the cornerstone” of his administration. It is a somewhat complex law about federal support for education from kindergarten through 12th-grade (K-12). Download the PDF to Read More... |
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Elected
officials are responsible for many important decisions that impact
public education, including decisions about funding and accountability.
Use
these top 10 questions to help you learn where your
elected officials stand on critical issues that impact all public
schools. |
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Give
Kids Good Schools, offers a glossary of NCLB and school-related
terms: http://www.givekidsgoodschools.org/site/c.llKUL5MUIwG/b.1981867/k.D6F4/Glossary.htm |
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NCLB
COMMISSION REPORT The Commission on No Child Left Behind released its final recommendations for the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The 75 recommendations in the report focus on making sure teachers and principals are effective, improving accountability measures, effective school improvement and student options, rigorous standards, and strengthening high schools. The commission’s charge was to identify the successes of NCLB as well as its challenges and problems and to develop solutions that will improve the law’s impact on raising student achievement and closing these achievement gaps. These recommendations were produced through a bipartisan independent process that included 12 public hearings and roundtables around the country and over 10,000 emails, submissions of written testimony, meetings and letters from those with thoughts on how to improve the law. Most of the commission’s recommendations can be grouped into five broad categories: (1) Ensuring Teachers and Principals are Effective at Improving Student Achievement; (2) Accelerating Progress through Accurate and Fair Accountability Measures; (3) Effective School Improvement and Quality Student Options; (4) Rigorous Standards Tied to College and Workplace Readiness; and (5) Strengthening and Reforming High Schools. Download the Report... |
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WHAT,
EXACTLY, IS PROFICIENCY? |
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EVIDENCE-BASED
SCHOOL REFORM & NCLB: NEXT TIME USE WHAT WORKS No Child Left Behind appeared to be a major victory for evidence-based reform in education, but it has instead been a major setback, writes Robert E. Slavin in Teachers College Record. Despite language throughout NCLB calling for the use of scientifically evaluated programs, such programs have in fact been largely shut out of Reading First and ignored in parts of the law such as supplemental educational services and turnaround programs for schools not meeting standards. This article recommends strategies to make evidence central to the reauthorization of NCLB. These include adding clarity about which programs have strong evidence of effectiveness and providing competitive preference points for proposals to implement proven programs. Read More |
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NCLB:
REFLECTIONS ON NEW DIRECTIONS AFTER FIVE YEARS OF MIXED OUTCOMES
At Public Education Network (PEN), we believe that an active, vocal constituency demanding educational improvement is the key to ensuring that every child, in every community, benefits from a quality public education. The fifth anniversary of the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reminds us of how important it is for the country to continue to focus on education reform. In public hearings convened by PEN nationwide, Americans reported significant concern over NCLB's implementation. The public supports accountability, but believes the current NCLB accountability system is too narrow. It rejects the idea that a single test can create an accurate portrayal of how well a school is performing and believes that such a determination is often at odds with evaluations based on state assessments and inconsistent with how members of the public personally evaluate their schools. Labeling schools "in need of improvement," typically interpreted as "failing," creates conditions whereby schools are abandoned. This destructive impact goes well beyond the school; it tears at the fabric of community. The public's belief in the community as a true partner in school success has intensified. The public is certain that schools cannot go it alone, that communities must be key partners, and that responsibility and accountability for student success must be shared. As part of a larger strategy to inform the upcoming reauthorization of NCLB, PEN will convene another set of hearings this year on this extremely important and often controversial matter that affects the 50 million children who attend public school in the United States. Everything You Wanted to Know About NCLB: The One-Stop Resource for Community and Parent Leaders (Read More...) |
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2006
Schools Not Making AYP (Found under the "Hot Topics" section) The Kansas State Department of Education has a comprehensive list of all schools not making AYP and results of the Math Assessment (2005 and 2006) and Reading Assessment (2005 and 2006). Read more and Download the results... |
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Kansas
State Department of Education Report Card 2005-2006 (Found under the "Hot Topics" section) The Kansas Report Card is a collection of data compiled annually to provide information not only on a statewide basis but also by district and by building. Read More... |
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Web-based
resources that are helpful to parents and community members to help
gain a more active role in your child’s education. Topics
include Standards, Help with homework/school work, Parent Involvement,
Parents' rights. |
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In
August, 2004 the U.S.D.E. produced a "Back to SchoolChecklist:
Questions and Tips for Parents, Schools and Communities". Itoffers
questions that parents might ask educators about their schools’
academiccurriculum and levels of achievement; how their school helps
parents andstudents; how parents can know if teachers are highly qualified
and how theschool informs parents of discipline policies and infractions. http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/involve/nclbchecklist.html In Spanish http://www.ed.gov/espanol/parents/academic/involve/nclbchecklist.html |
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The
U.S. Department of Education today (June 13, 2005) issued guidance
that further clarifies the roles of states and districts in implementing
supplemental educational services under No Child Left Behind, and
features ideas for connecting parents to supplemental educational
service providers, who offer free tutoring and other academic enrichment
activities to students. http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/suppsvcsguid.doc </policy/elsec/guid/suppsvcsguid.doc>. |
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ARMED FORCES RECRUITER ACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Did you know that NCLB Title IX, Section 9528 requires school districts that receive NCLB assistance to share student information such as names and addresses of students to military recruiters? Another provision in Section 9528 allows parents and students to protect this information by requesting that it not be released. http://www.publiceducation.org/portals/nclb/military/military_home.asp |
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The LD OnLine Report offers news about learning disabilities and about
the latest events. http://www.ldonline.org/ MAKING NCLB WORK FOR CHILDREN WHO STRUGGLE TO LEARN http://www.ld.org/NCLB/MakingNCLBwork.pdf |
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The
W.K. Kellogg Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission
is to apply knowledge to solve the problems of people. Its founder
W.K. Kellogg, the cereal industry pioneer, established the Foundation
in 1930. |
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Information
from the National Network of Partnership Schools that has information
about NCLB and how it is applied to schools. www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/nochild.htm |
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This Education
Commission of the States website provides the public with a one-stop
shop for learning the day-to-day status of how state policies match
up with NCLB requirements. This site also provides up-to-date information on the status of education in Kansas regarding No Child Left Behind requirements. www.nclb.ecs.org/nclb/ |
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The
35th Phi Delta Kappan/Gallup Poll reveals that the public lacks information
about No Child Left Behind and that they question the implementation
strategies of this legislation. While the public views improving student
achievement and closing the achievement gap as top priorities, the
majority of Americans believe that decisions impacting schools and
communities should be local decisions. For a summary of findings download
the poll results go to www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kpollpdf.htm |
| FairTest |
The
National Center for Fair & Open Testing A new report out from FairTest details the fundamental errors in the conception and execution of the federal No Child Left Behind law. The report goes on to propose a better system of accountability to serve as the basis of a comprehensive overhaul of NCLB. The full report and a summary report are now available on the web at www.fairtest.org/Failing_Our_Children_Report.html |
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GreatSchools.net: An Online Resource for Parents Searching for Guidance on How to Help their Children Achieve K-12 Success |