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A standardized test is a mandated state test that is administered and scored in a consistent, or "standard," manner. Standardized tests are designed so that the questions and interpretations are constant and are administered and scored in a predetermined, standard way. -
President Bush implemented for schools to assess students using standardized tests. The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was the main law for K–12 general education in the United States from 2002–2015. The law held schools accountable for how kids learned and achieved. The law was controversial in part because it penalized schools that didn't show improvement. -
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is a piece of American legislation that ensures students with a disability are provided with a Free Appropriate Public Education that is tailored to their individual needs. IDEA was previously known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act from 1975 to 1990. The Individuals with disabilities improvement act allowed for IEPs to include modifications. They also increased the amount of personnel decisions on special education placement. -
A flipped classroom is structured around the idea that there are better uses of class time than lecture or direct instruction. Instead, students encounter information before class, freeing class time for activities that involve higher-order thinking. -
Formally known as the American Association on Mental Retardation is renamed to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is a non-profit organization focusing on intellectual disability and related developmental disabilities. AAIDD has members in the United States and more than 50 other countries -
The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) is federal legislation designed to strengthen colleges and universities' educational resources and provide financial assistance for students in post-secondary education. It allows student loan eligibility and other aid programs for those with cognitive disabilities. -
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative is a state-led effort intended to provide more clarity about and consistency in what is expected of student learning across the country. -
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, nicknamed the Recovery Act, was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in February 2009. This act provided more than 90 billion dollars for education, allowing schools to prevent layoffs, school modifications, and repairs that needed to be corrected. -
The Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010 created transitional kindergarten, the first year of a two-year kindergarten experience, which initially was available for students born between September and December. This act made a new age requirement for students registering for kindergarten. They will have to be five years old by a specific cut-off date. -
Common Core State Standards provide clear and consistent learning goals to help prepare students for college, career, and life. The implementation was slow after introducing the new common core throughout the state because everything was new for teachers and students. As lessons were taught, teachers would have to give feedback to better support the new common core. -
The start of teaching children with disabilities in less restrictive environments. It allowed students with disabilities to learn alongside their non-disabled peers in general education classrooms. -
The Next Generation Science Standards is a multi-state effort in the United States to create new education standards that are "rich in content and practice, arranged coherently across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science. The science standards give the students an order that they should be learning science and how to. -
The LCAP is a three-year plan that describes the goals, actions, services, and expenditures to support positive student outcomes that address state and local priorities. It involves a three-year plan that tracks students goals, expectations, and progress to have better results. -
The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is a legislation that fundamentally changed how all local educational agencies (LEAs) in the state are funded and how they are measured for results. The services and support they receive allow all students to become more successful in the classroom. -
The California School Dashboard provides parents and educators with meaningful information on school and district progress so they can participate in decisions to improve student learning. -
President Obama passed ESSA to help focus on measuring students' success by using a variety of assessments. The Every Student Succeeds Act is a US law passed in December 2015 that governs the United States K–12 public education policy. The law replaced its predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act, and modified but did not eliminate provisions relating to the periodic standardized tests given to students. -
Instead of teaching children strictly the English language, the school district can now decide what language instruction and program to use, primarily repealing the requirement that all children be taught English by being taught in English -
On May 13, 2016, the federal government told school districts "to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity." Although the directive is not a law, school districts that do not comply could face lawsuits or lose federal aid. -
The teacher and student are not physically in the classroom, but they are connected by technology at the same time. School is being taught virtually while the students interact with the lesson or teacher on the other side of the screen. -
On February 22, 2017, President Donald Trump rescinded the Obama administration's controversial transgender bathroom directive -
All school district classrooms TK-12 must develop a classroom and school safety plan in case of an emergency, such as school shooting and etc. -
In 2019, the concept of Transformative Social and Emotional Learning (Transformative SEL, TSEL or T-SEL) was developed. -
The SCHOOL(Support Children Having Open Opportunities for Learning)Act will allow certain federal taxpayer education dollars to “follow the child” across any form of education they choose, includes homeschool, private school, & religious schools. Applies to ages 5-17.The legislation will still allow children outside the public school system to receive free/reduced-price school lunches. This bill was introduced on August 14, 2020, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote. -
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education in over 150 countries and affected 1.6 billion students. In response, many countries implemented some form of remote learning. The education response during the early phase of COVID-19 focused on implementing remote learning modalities as an emergency response. -
The roles of schools has changed over time by allowing society more say regarding what's taught in school systems. Sexuality, gun violence, & COVID-19 have all impacted our school systems. The schools have made some positive impacts regarding equal rights, ensuring meals and fair opportunities for all students; however, the negative consequences are that laptops & other technology have replaced notebooks, desensitizing social and emotional learning and connections in the classroom.