Performance Evaluation - US Public Schools

By yinam

  • The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is founded. After being charted by Congress in 1906, it goes on to standarize coursework units, create the Educational Testing Service, and found the Teachers Insurance Annuity Association f America.

  • President Bush signs the No Child Left Behind Act into law

  • USA Today identifies 18 schools that won Department of Education Blue Ribbon but failed to make "adequate yearly progress" and were subject to federal penalties - demonstrates inconsistency in performance evalution standards

  • 31% of US schols fail AYP under NCLM. This includes 78% of Florida schools previsouly given A ratings.

  • US Department of Education modies AYP requirements to make them more flexible and atainable for schools.

  • A reported 20 States pass resolutions requesting exemption or changes for NCLB. This inclused near unanimous votes from Idaho and Virginia State legislatures.

  • California Department of Education predicts 99% of schools will fail AYP by 2014.

  • States are required to increase AYP standards, increasing barriers to pass.

  • National Education Association (NEA) teams up with 27 education, civil rights, and other organizations for a proposal of changes modifying NCLB.

  • Texas defies NCLB rule mandating that special-Ed students meet the same standards on tests as students without disabilities. They become the first state to openly defy NCLB.

  • NEA, several states, and multiple school districts go to court to prevent federal authorities from forcing state funds to be used on NCLB.

  • Utah order school officials to ignore NCLB where it differes from the state's own evaluation system.

  • More school districts, including two in Illinois, turn down Title 1 funding to avoid NCLB sanctions.

  • Massachusetts becomes the 7th State to predict fail rates for AYP by 2014. Predictions among states varied from 74-99% of schools.

  • Communities of Quality Education, a non-profit, reports that 47 states have called for NCLB changes.

  • Connecticut goes to federal court to try to preserve their own state assessment system. Federal officials say the state has to modify their system using cheaper, simpler, and more frequent testing.

  • National Assement of Educational Progress releases reading and math scores showing no improvement of basic skills from NCLB and even showing a decrease in growth rate of math scores.

  • 26% of US schools are found sub-standard by NCLB guidelines.

  • NEA's lawsuit is rejected by a federal judge. The Association seeks to appeal the decision. Support for NEA against NCLB grows to 68 organizations.

  • Support for NEA's agenda against NCLB rises to over 100 organizations.

  • NCLB expires and remains stalled in Congress to this day.