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Kevin Carey on Washington Journal
Policy Director Kevin Carey appeared on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" to talk about the education proposals put forth during President Obama's State of the Union address.
Co-founder Andrew Rotherham is featured in CBS's "Where America Stands," a news special on the current state of the nation's schools.
For Release: New Education Sector Report Offers a New Look at High School Accountability
"College- and Career-Ready" focuses on using outcomes data to hold high schools accountable for student success.
Holding Colleges Accountable: Can Success Be Measured?
TIME magazine education reporter Gilbert Cruz sits down with Policy Director Kevin Carey to discuss why parents and public officials should demand more accountability from colleges.
Miller on Federal Student Loan Changes
Education Sector Policy Analyst Ben Miller talks with Inside Higher Ed and The Chronicle of Higher Education about changes to the federal student loan program.
Research and Reports
Explainers
Moving Targets: What It Now Means to Make Adequate Yearly Progress Under NCLB
- Author:
- Erin Dillon
- Publication Date:
- September 22, 2009
- Read more about
- K-12 Accountability Systems/NCLB
This summer, states once again announced which public schools made "adequate yearly progress," or AYP, under the No Child Left Behind Act. It is an annual ritual during which schools find out if enough of their students scored proficient on state assessments to meet that year's state benchmark. States are required under NCLB to release report cards on the performance of every school before the beginning of the following school year. If schools miss the annual benchmark for more than two consecutive years, they face an escalating series of sanctions, which can culminate in school restructuring.
In 2007, Education Sector published States' Evidence: What It Means to Make 'Adequate Yearly Progress' Under NCLB. The report discussed the basics of "making" AYP and the multiple routes schools can take to get there. The appendix of the report included three tables showing, by grade level, each state's annual benchmarks for student proficiency, called "annual measurable objectives" or AMOs, for school years 2004–05 through 2006–07. In this update, we extend the tables through the 2009–10 school year, providing an up-to-date resource for evaluating each state's annual benchmarks and how those benchmarks have changed over time. We also discuss how the changing AMOs fit into NCLB's larger accountability system.
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