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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Part of the Johnson’s War on Poverty Campaign (Atlas)
Close achievement gap
Show clear role for the federal government in K-12 education
Reauthorized and changed many times (No Child Left Behind Overview) -
Reauthorization of The Improving America's Schools Act
Key standards
Teachers accountable (Atlas) -
No Child Left Behind Act
Signed into law by George W. Bush becoming the new name for the ESEA
End of 2013-2014 school year 100% of students should be at proficient level (No Child Left Behind Overview)
States define proficiency level for grade (Atlas) -
NCLB Improvement
AYP-Adequate Yearly Progress
Increasing proficiency rate also chosen by state (Atlas) -
America Recovery and Reinvesment Act
Funds Race To The Top (Four Years Later)
Expands role of federal government by giving more money (No Child Left Behind Overview) -
Obama's plans for NCLB released
Reauthorize NCLB
Give states more control
Set high standards
Fails to catch fire (No Child Left Behind Overview) -
Obama offers an out for NCLB
Reauthorized NCLB
Left out of outrageous mandates of NCLB (No Child Left Behind Overview)
Adopt Common Core State Standards (Four Years Later) -
The Country Leaves Bheind the NCLB Act
With the new Obama administration waivers the majority of the country is no longer following the NCLB law -
NAEP Results of 2012
Image shows the achievement gap over the years. Results of the 2012 testing add to this chat released in June of 2013. -
NCLB 100% "Proficient Level"
By now all students were said to be proficient by the state's standards
No states succeeded in getting 100% at proficient levels
This was one section the was waived by the Obama Administration (No Child Left Behind Overview) -
Renewing the waivers
Many states apply for their waivers to NCLB to be renewed at the same time congress is still trying to reauthorize the law.
