NCLB

This overiew of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) provides select Department of Education guidance, regulations, legislation, and announcements. For easy reference, resources are organized by key NCLB topics.

Adequate Yearly Progress
NCLB 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 NCLB Act.

Charter Schools
The NCLB Act continued the Charter School Grant Program for all states.

Choice/Transfer
Under NCLB'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 NCLB 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 NCLB
NCLB requires that students with disabilities as a subgroup demonstrate adequate yearly progress toward the state's goals.

Paraprofessionals
The NCLB Act 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 NCLB Act.

Professional Development
NCLB 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 NCLB 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 NCLB Act, schools and districts are required to implement programs that are proven through scientifically based research.

Supplemental Services
Under the NCLB Act, 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.