Federal (ESEA) Programs for Schools & Districts

Major initiatives The Office of Economic Opportunity was the agency responsible for administering most of the war on poverty programs created during Johnson’s Administration, including VISTA, Job Corps, Head Start, Legal Services and the Community Action Program.

The purpose of ESEA was to provide additional resources for vulnerable students. ESEA offered new grants to districts serving low-income students, federal grants for textbooks and library books, created special education centers, and created scholarships for low-income college students.

• Title I, A Programs and services for struggling learners.
• Title I, C Migrant Education.
• Title I, D Institutional Education.
• Title I, G Advanced Placement.
• Title II, A Teacher & Principal Quality.
• Title III English Learners & Immigrant Students – Language Instruction.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was a cornerstone of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on Poverty” (McLaughlin, 1975). This law brought education into the forefront of the national assault on poverty and represented a landmark commitment to equal access to quality education (Jeffrey, 1978).

No Child Left Behind did two major things: It forced states to identify schools that were failing according to scores on standardized tests. The biggest likely change in any compromise is that the federal government will no longer tell states what they have to do if students in their schools aren’t passing tests.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the main federal law for K–12 general education. It covers all students in public schools. When it was passed in 2015, ESSA replaced the controversial No Child Left Behind (NCLB). States are responsible for holding schools accountable for student achievement.

The controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) brought test-based school accountability to scale across the United States. Our results indicate that NCLB brought about targeted gains in the mathematics achievement of younger students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Under NCLB, schools were judged on something called Adequate Yearly Progress. The goal was to get every child to grade-level in reading and math by 2014. The law didn’t care if a child had begun the year three grades behind in reading and a teacher helped her make two years’ worth of progress by May.

Four Pillars of NCLB. No Child Left Behind is based on stronger accountability for results, more freedom for states and communities, proven education methods, and more choices for parents.

The goal of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is to ensure that all children receive a high quality education and that no child is left behind regardless of gender, race, or economic status (U.S. Department of Education 2001).

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• NCLB is Federally Funded.
• NCLB Emphasizes Accountability for Academics.
• Annual Assessments Are Standardized by State.
• Each School and District Receives a Report Card.
• NCLB Gives States and School Districts Flexible Funds.
• NCLB Encourages Scientifically Based Teaching Strategies.

NCLB requires states to provide schools that fail to meet academic targets for two consecutive years, technical assistance and give students the option of transferring to another school in the district, and paying for transporting those students to the new school.

The major focus of No Child Left Behind is to close student achievement gaps by providing all children with a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education.

What is a basic requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act passed by Congress in 2002? A. All students have the right to an education up to age 21.

Answer: 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.

May a school retain or promote a student without parent or guardian approval? Yes, a school can retain or promote a student without parent or guardian approval.

If a state has a more comprehensive assessment program than required by NCLB, IDEA requires that students with disabilities participate in those assessments as well. NCLB requires every state to implement annual assessments in reading/language arts and math in grades 3 through 8 and at least once in grades 10-12.

This act has been extremely controversial because schools that do not demonstrate what is called adequate yearly progress (AYP) on required standardized testing for student achievement are subject to a series of sanctions and can eventually be closed. NCLB provides funding for teachers to become better teachers.

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 purpose of this title is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) is the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)—the principal federal law affecting public education from kindergarten through high school in the United States. ESEA was originally passed in 1965.