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Download full textJacobson, Louis; Holian, Laura – Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires states to test students in reading and math and identify them as below proficient, proficient, or advanced. Schools are held accountable only for ensuring that students test proficient or better (both considered passing), leading to concerns that a focus on increasing the percentage of students testing…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Testing, Academic Achievement, Multivariate Analysis
Zehler, Annette M.; Adger, Carolyn; Coburn, Cate; Arteagoitia, Igone; Williams, Krystal; Jacobson, Louis – Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2008
This report aims to help school districts deal with the challenges of newly enrolling or rapidly increasing English language learner students by offering background information and sharing the experiences of districts that have addressed similar challenges in providing services and infrastructure to support the success of English language learner…
Descriptors: School Districts, English (Second Language), Student Diversity, Student Needs
Jacobson, Louis – Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2007
This report investigates progress in Virginia public schools in satisfying the requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 that every student be proficient in reading and math by 2014. It develops a variable change model that uses observed baseline proficiency and proficiency trends at individual schools to forecast gains for six subgroups…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Grade 4, National Competency Tests, Public Schools
