Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) : Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Examines implementation of No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) of 2001 adequate yearly progress (AYP) requirements, which are primarily based on the aggregate scores of various student groups on State assessments of academic achievement. Covers outcome accountability and the AYP concept, AYP under the...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Education, Secondary. Federal aid to education. Population. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines implementation of No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) of 2001 adequate yearly progress (AYP) requirements, which are primarily based on the aggregate scores of various student groups on State assessments of academic achievement. Covers outcome accountability and the AYP concept, AYP under the NCLBA statute, data on schools identified as failing to meet AYP, and issues in implementation of the NCLBA provisions, including confidence intervals and data averaging, population diversity effects, number of schools identified, and State variations in assessments and proficiency standards.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.