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Title I Funds -- Who's Gaining, Who's Losing: School Year 2007-08 Update
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| Author(s): Tom Fagan |
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| This report discusses funding for states and schools districts under the federal Title I, Part A program for school year 2007-08. (Title I is the largest federal program assisting elementary and secondary schools, and contains the key accountability provisions under the No Child Left Behind Act.) The report highlights the impact of annual poverty count updates on the distribution of funds and discusses the mandatory state reservation of funds for school improvement activities. |
| Published: August 15, 2007
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Choices, Changes, and Challenges: Curriculum and Instruction in the NCLB Era
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| Author(s): Jennifer McMurrer |
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This report examines the amount of time spent during the school week on core academic subjects and how that allocation of time across subjects has changed since school year 2001-02 when NCLB was enacted. The report finds that approximately 62% of school districts increased the amount of time spent in elementary schools on English language arts and or math, while 44% of districts cut time on science, social studies, art and music, physical education, lunch or recess.
Note: Although the overall findings of this report have not changed, some of the specific numbers have been revised since its original publication to correct initial contractor data tabulation errors. To review the specific changes made, please click on "Report with Specific Revisions in Tracking".
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| Published: July 24, 2007
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Moving Beyond Identification: Assisting Schools in Improvement
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| Author(s): CEP |
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| This report examines the kind of assistance that schools in improvement receive and how effective district and state officials believe that assistance to be. The report's findings are based on CEP's annual survey of 50 state departments of education; our nationally representative annual survey of districts; and 12 case study districts involving interviews with district and school officials. |
| Published: July 11, 2007
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Testimony of Jack Jennings Before the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
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| Author(s): Jack Jennings |
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| On June 7, 2007 Jack Jennings, CEP's president, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives ' Education and Labor Committee 's Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education. Mr. Jennings was asked by the Subcommittee to testify on CEP's report, Answering the Question That Matters Most: Has Student Achievement Increased Since No Child Left Behind? |
| Published: July 09, 2007
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Students with Disabilities' Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act: Summary of a Roundtable Discussion and Guiding Principles for Reauthorization of ESEA/NCLB
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| Author(s): Angela Minnici, Ph.D. |
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| As part of its comprehensive, multiyear study of state and local implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, the Center on Education Policy hosted a roundtable discussion on May 1, 2007 with leaders from 25 organizations to address potential improvements to the students with disabilities’ provisions of NCLB. For more information about this meeting see the meeting summary and guiding principles for reauthorization of ESEA/NCLB and other supporting material below provided by Nancy Reder and Stanley Rabinowitz, guest speakers invited to initiate our discussion. |
| Published: June 29, 2007
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Assessment of Students With Disabilities Under NCLB: State Practices
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English Language Learners' Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act
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| Author(s): Dalia Zabala |
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| As part of its comprehensive, multiyear study of state and local implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, the Center on Education Policy hosted a roundtable discussion on March 20, 2007 with leaders from 25 organizations to address potential improvements to the English language learners’ provisions of NCLB. For more information about this meeting see the meeting summary and other supporting material below provided by Diane August and Stanley Rabinowitz, guest speakers invited to initiate our discussion. |
| Published: June 07, 2007
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Answering the Question That Matters Most: Has Student Achievement Increased Since No Child Left Behind?
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| Author(s): CEP |
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Using testing data from all 50 states, this study addresses two key questions in the debate surrounding the No Child Left Behind Act: has student achievement increased and have achievement gaps narrowed since NCLB was enacted in 2002?
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| Published: May 31, 2007
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Educational Architects: Do State Education Agencies Have the Tools Necessary to Implement NCLB?
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| Author(s): Angela Minnici and Deanna D. Hill |
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| The second report in a series of CEP publications on the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act examines the capacity of state education agencies to carry out the requirements of NCLB. An analysis of survey data from all 50 states and interview data of 15 high-ranking state education officials from 11 states revealed four major capacity challenges: (1) limitations in staffing and infrastructure; (2) inadequate federal and state funding; (3) a lack of sufficient guidance and technical support from the U.S. Department of Education; and (4) barriers in NCLB and within state education agencies. |
| Published: May 09, 2007
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Supplemental Report on District Perspectives on State Capacity
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What Now? Lessons from Michigan About Restructuring Schools and Next Steps Under NCLB
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| Author(s): Caitlin Scott |
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| CEP's third review of school restructuring in Michigan finds that over half of Michigan's 90 restructuring schools improved student achievement enough to meet the state's AYP targets for two consecutive years, allowing them to graduate out of the school improvement designation altogether. A CEP analysis of the restructuring approaches used indicates that no single factor is most responsible for improving student achievement. Instead, schools that implemented five or more reforms over the past two years were significantly more likely to exit restructuring than were other restructuring schools. |
| Published: March 01, 2007
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State Implementation of Supplemental Educational Services under the No Child Left Behind Act
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| Author(s): Angela Minnici and Alice P. Bartley |
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| This report describes state efforts to carry out the supplemental educational services requirements. It is the first in a series of CEP publications on the NCLB implementation that will report on the results of our 2006 surveys of officials from 50 state educational agencies and a national sample of school districts, as well as case study research. |
| Published: March 01, 2007
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