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Read more about the No Child Left Behind Act at the tennessee.gov website by clicking here.
Tennessee No Child Left Behind
The following information contains excerpts from the Tennessee.gov Website. You can also get many of your questions answered at the tenessean.com website by clicking here.
The goal of No
Child Left Behind (NCLB) is to ensure that all students in all schools
are academically proficient in math, reading and language arts by 2014.
Consistantly, Nolan Elementary meets and exceeds all federal benchmarks
of the No Child Left Behind Act.
K-5 schools will meet federal benchmarks if they demonstrate:
95% participation rate on all state assessments
Required proficiency in math as determined by
TCAP achievement tests
Required proficiency in reading/language arts as determined by TCAP
achievement tests and writing assessments
93% attendance rate for the school year
To see Nolan's results on the State's Report Card click
here.
More great information can be found at the chattanoogan.com website
by clicking here:
http://chattanoogan.com/articles/article_40517.asp
What is "adequate yearly progress"? How does measuring
it help to improve schools?
No Child Left Behind requires each state to define adequate yearly progress for school districts and schools, within the parameters set by Title I. In defining adequate yearly progress, each state sets the minimum levels of improvement--measurable in terms of student performance--that school districts and schools must achieve within time frames specified in the law. In general, it works like this: Each state begins by setting a "starting point" that is based on the performance of its lowest-achieving demographic group or of the lowest-achieving schools in the state, whichever is higher. The state then sets the bar--or level of student achievement--that a school must attain after two years in order to continue to show adequate yearly progress. Subsequent thresholds must be raised at least once every three years, until, at the end of 12 years, all students in the state are achieving at the proficient level on state assessments in reading/language arts and math.
How is student achievement assessed?
In Tennessee, K-8 students take TCAP achievement tests in math, reading
and language arts. In grades 5, 8, and 11, they also take a writing
assessment test. High school students take Gateway exams in math and
English. Performance on these assessments is measured against standards
set by the federal government to determine if a school is proficient.