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National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2020
When the primary federal law governing K-12 schooling was updated in 2015 as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), it shifted many decisions to states and districts. However, through two of its core programs (Title I and Title II-A), ESSA retained federal requirements for states to set challenging content standards, assess student performance,…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Standards
Parsi, Ace – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2016
Representing an estimated 4.4 million students in the United States, English language learners (ELLs) are the fastest growing segment of the public school population and yet are twice as likely to drop out of high school and significantly less likely to attend and complete postsecondary education. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) includes…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Language Proficiency
Parsi, Ace; Duffield, Barbara – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2016
As state and district leaders evaluate characteristics of their student populations, many will find one number particularly startling: The number of homeless students has doubled in less than a decade. States can take several actions to serve these students better, some of which are incorporated in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Some of…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Youth, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Lips, Dan – Heritage Foundation, 2009
House Democrats recently unveiled draft legislation for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Widely touted as an economic stimulus package, the $825 billion draft legislation included as much as $142 billion for education. This includes the creation of a $79 billion State Fiscal Stabilization Fund to assist state governments in…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Elementary Secondary Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Finance
Minnici, Angela; Bartley, Alice P. – Center on Education Policy, 2007
This report describes state efforts to carry out supplemental educational services (SES)requirements. It is the first in a series of CEP publications on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) implementation that will report on the results of 2006 surveys of officials from 50 state educational agencies, a national sample of school districts, and case…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Orfield, Gary, Ed.; DeBray, Elizabeth H., Ed. – 1999
This collection of papers examines how to gain more from Title I's goal of improving educational opportunity for poor children, offering evidence about educational gains and underscoring the civil rights implications of this legislation. In preparing for the 1999 reauthorization of Title I, the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Civil Rights, Educational Change
Norfolk Public Schools, VA. – 1976
This report describes the ESEA, Title I Elementary School Guidance Program instituted in 22 Norfolk elementary schools. The primary purpose of the program is to provide an organized developmental service that promotes positive child growth and development. This is to be accomplished through zealous efforts to achieve the following objectives: (1)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Educational Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students