NCLB: Known as No Child Left Behind

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NCLB Known as No Child Left Behind

• Opinions and Thoughts of Robert C. McCracken

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NCLB

• Some Facts
• Some Opinion
• Some Help

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Checking for Knowledge/Beliefs

• Do you think all children learn at the same rate,
  same time and same level?
• Do you think all children, including those with
  disabilities, can pass the same test at the same
  chronological age?
• Do you think everyone can pass a test, the first
  time?

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Checking for Knowledge/Beliefs

• Do you think all students in Virginia can earn a
  standard or advanced studies diploma?
• Do you think modified standard diplomas are
  acceptable forms of graduation?
• Do you think IEP diplomas represent a successful
  school career?
• Do you think GED is an acceptable alternative for
  students?
• Do you think vocational completers are useful and
  productive citizens in Virginia?

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Some Facts

• Signed in Law January 8, 2002
• History Title I, Chapter I and ESEA
• Trojan Horse Example
• First Benchmark Highly Qualified
  Paraprofessionals
• Next Benchmark First set of data regarding
  schools failing to Adequate Yearly Progress

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Some Facts

• State Accountablility AKA Workbooks
• Virginias Workbook timeline issues
• First Set of Data release Virginias Issues
• Data Sets Disaggregated Data
• What does that mean?

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Some Facts

• In Virginia SOL test results
• 3, 5, 8 and End of Course (English and Math)
• End of 2005-06 4 and 7
• Projected Science in middle school and high
  school
• Attendance
• Graduation Rates

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Some Facts

• What is AYP
• the Nation All the same subgroups
• What are the subgroups
• In Implementation Goals of NCLB
• 100 All Subgroups by 2014
• Virginia first goals 58 Math and 61 English
• Failure of ANY subgroup at any time MEANS
  Failure to Make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

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Some Facts

• Highly Qualified Professional Personnel by
  2005-06
• Who are they? Who are they NOT?
• Provisional Licensure
• Career Switchers
• Experienced Teachers
• Staff Development High Quality Staff Development
  NOW

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Some Facts

• Penalties Failure to make AYP
• Title I and Non-Title I
• Regardless Public label is applied
• Supplemental Services
• School Choice
• Removal of Staff responsible for the failure
• Reconstitution of the school

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Some Facts

• Reopen as a Charter School
• Virginias Requirement for Charter Schools
• Charter Schools in other states

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Some Opinion

• Provisional Licenses will cease to exist
• Local Licenses will cease to exist
• Teacher shortage already exists and will grow
• Relationship to Special Education will merge with
  NCLB expectations and personnel requirements
  regarding Highly Qualified

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Some Opinion

• Special education and NCLB will conflict in court
• IF adjustments are not made, public schools as
  currently defined, will cease to exist by 2014
• What is the intent of the political agenda to
  implement Charter Schools and or Vouchers?
• What is the outcome of implementation of Charter
  Schools and Vouchers?

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Some Help

• Virginia, remember 1995 and SOLs
• This does affect all educators
• Get knowledgeable
• Get involved
• Think this too shall pass and you will be passed

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Questions / Reactions

• What questions do you have?
• How would you now answers my questions, from the
  perspective of NCLB?