Not exact matches
The No Child Left Behind Act previously required all public schools
receiving Title I funding to administer
statewide standardized
testing with the stipulation that students make «adequate yearly progress.»
Today in Massachusetts, as in many states, students who fail to pass the
statewide graduation
test are prevented from
receiving a diploma.
First, the court concluded that the state has a compelling interest in (a) not socially promoting third - graders who do not exhibit the requisite reading proficiency and (b)
receiving federal education funding, which requires 95 percent participation in specified
statewide achievement
testing.
Students attending private schools
receiving taxpayer - funded vouchers in a new
statewide program did not score as high overall as public school students on state
tests in reading and math, according to data released Tuesday by the Department of Public Instruction.
Additionally, ESSA requires states to annually
test 95 percent of students in reading and math, to use the participation rate to calculate the achievement indicator, and to factor assessment participation into the
statewide accountability system another way.21 For example, four states — Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Vermont — plan to lower a school's classification for not meeting this requirement.22 In three states — Illinois, Nevada, and Tennessee — schools that do not have a 95 percent participation rate can not score at the highest level of proficiency;
receive zero points for proficiency; or
receive an F on the achievement indicator for the given group of students, respectively.23
Former superintendent John Deasy, who resigned on Oct. 16 amid controversy over billion - dollar technology blunders, had declared a ban on the law this past August, claiming the law didn't apply to Los Angeles Unified because the district had
received a federal waiver exempting it from No Child Left Behind improvement goals in the temporary absence of
statewide tests.
West High
received an F grade because fewer than 95 percent of its lower - achieving students took the required
statewide tests.
Virginia public schools
receive annual accountability ratings based on the performance of students on Standards of Learning (SOL)
tests and other
statewide assessments: