No Child Left Behind

1
A National Leadership Summit on Improving Results
for Youth
Policy and Practice Implications for Secondary
and Postsecondary Education and Employment for
Youth With Disabilities September 18 and 19,
2003 Washington, DC
2
No Child Left Behind

• Implications for State and Local Education
  Agencies and Improving Schools
• Dr. Jerry Weast Superintendent
• Montgomery County Public Schools

3
Grade 2 CTBS

• Grade 2 TerraNova Comprehensive Tests of Basic
  Skills (CTBS 2002-2003) students in second
  grade Special Education gained in math
  computation increasing from the 49th to 58th
  percentile while maintaining scores in other
  areas

4
PSAT

• Special Education Participation Rate

2000 2003
Percent Tested - 10th Grade Students 10.9 62.1
Number Tested 131 757
5
Honors Courses Participation

• Special Education enrollment and pass rate on
  first semester final exams 2002-2003

Honors Geometry Honors Biology Honors English Honors NSL A
Enrollment 90 115 115 142
Percent Pass 87 83 97 90
6
Postsecondary Plans