ESEA
This overiew of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides select Department of Education guidance, regulations, legislation, and announcements. For easy reference, resources are organized by key ESEA topics.
Adequate Yearly Progress
ESEA requires that states define measures for each school and district to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward the goal of all their students meeting state standards by the 2013-14 school year.
Assessment and Accountability
Schools must participate in state assessments as outlined in the ESEA.
Charter Schools
The ESEA continued the Charter School Grant Program for all states.
Choice/Transfer
Under ESEA's accountability provisions, schools failing to meet their adequate yearly progress (AYP) targets for two consecutive years must offer their students public school choice.
English Language Learners
Several ESEA provisions seek to strengthen instruction and accountability for English language learners (ELLs).
Enhancing Education Through Technology
EETT's primary goal is to improve student academic achievement through effective use of technology in schools.
Highly Qualified Teachers
States receiving Title I, Part A funds must develop a plan to ensure that all teachers of core academic subjects are highly qualified no later than the end of the 2005-2006 school year.
IDEA and ESEA
ESEA requires that students with disabilities as a subgroup demonstrate adequate yearly progress toward the state's goals.
Paraprofessionals
The ESEA strengthened requirements for paraprofessionals working in Title I schools.
Parent Involvement
Involving parents in school decisions and activities is a key principle embedded in Title I of the ESEA.
Professional Development
ESEA requires that all public school teachers of core academic subjects receive high-quality professional development.
Reading/Literacy
States, districts, and schools must demonstrate progress toward ensuring that every child is proficient in reading/language arts by the 2013-14 school year.
Rural Schools and Districts
Several ESEA provisions address the unique challenges that rural schools and districts face.
Safe Schools
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program supports high quality efforts to reduce drug use and violence in schools.
School/District Interventions
Each Title I district must identify for school improvement any Title I school that fails to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) for two consecutive years.
Scientifically Based Research
Throughout the ESEA, schools and districts are required to implement programs that are proven through scientifically based research.
Supplemental Services
Under the ESEA, schools that fail to meet their adequate yearly progress (AYP) targets for three consecutive years are required to offer students from low-income families supplemental services, tutoring, remediation or other educational interventions.
