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The document summarizes the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), a federal law that provides funding to schools in exchange for accountability and student achievement goals. It outlines that states must set academic standards and test students annually, with the goal of 100% proficiency by 2014. Schools that do not meet achievement targets face consequences, from improvement plans to restructuring. The summary provides an overview of NCLB's key requirements in 3 sentences.

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What is the "No Child Left Behind" Law?


Submitted by fairtest on January 4, 2008 - 2:25pm
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What is the "No Child Left Behind" Law?


The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a federal law that provides money for extra educational
assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress. NCLB is the most
recent version of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

States set educational proficiency level


Under the U. S. constitution, states have the primary responsibility for public education. However, if
states want to receive federal NCLB funds, they must agree to the law's requirements to:

 establish learning standards, that is, statements of what children in that state should know and be
able to do in reading, math and other subjects, at various grade levels;
 create annual assessments (standardized tests, in most states) to measure student progress in
reading and math in grades 3-8 and once in high schools;
 set a level (cut-off score) at which students are considered proficient in tested areas; and
 report to the public on what percentage of students are proficient, with the information broken down
by race, income, disability, language proficiency, and gender subgroups.

Schools, districts & states must make "Adequate Yearly Progress" (AYP)
The goal of the law is that all students will score at the "proficient" level in reading and math by 2014.
States set annual targets for the percentage of students scoring proficient with the final goal of 100%
proficiency by 2014. Each year, students in every subgroup must reach the target.

Schools and districts which fail to meet these targets are subject to the
following consequences:
1. After one year, schools failing to make annual yearly progress (AYP) are placed on a "school
improvement" list.
2. Students attending schools that do not make AYP for two years in a row will be given the option to
transfer to another school.
3. Schools on the list for 3 consecutive years must provide supplemental services for their students,
such as tutoring or after school programs.
4. After four years on the list, schools must, in addition to the above, do at least one of the following:
replace school staff, use new curriculum, decrease school management authority, appoint outside
experts, extend school year/day, or restructure.
5. After 5 consecutive years, schools face restructuring, such as firing staff, privatization, charter school
management, state takeover, or other comparable changes; districts face similar sanctions.

Learn more! This is a very simplified version of a complex law. For more details about the law and
some of the concerns education advocates have raised, contact:

National Center for Fair & Open Testing


FairTest - www.fairtest.org

Parents United for Responsible Education


PURE - www.pureparents.org

NOTE - for a print formated PDF of this fact sheet click here.

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