No Child Left Behind Act: Education Should Clarify Guidance and Address Potential Compliance Issues for Schools in Corrective Action and Restructuring Status. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-07-1035

Institution	US Government Accountability Office
Titel	No Child Left Behind Act: Education Should Clarify Guidance and Address Potential Compliance Issues for Schools in Corrective Action and Restructuring Status. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-07-1035
Quelle	(2007), (64 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Federal Programs; Educational Indicators; Guidance; Compliance (Legal); School Restructuring; School Support; National Surveys; Public Agencies; Federal Aid; Urban Schools; Minority Groups; Economically Disadvantaged; Middle Schools; School Districts; State Aid + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Beratung; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Schulförderverein; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Ethnische Minderheit; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; School district; Schulbezirk
Abstract	The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) focused national attention on improving schools so that all students reach academic proficiency by 2014. In the 2006-2007 school year, about 4,500 of the 54,000 Title I schools failed to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) for 4 or more years. Schools that miss AYP for 4 years are identified for corrective action, and after 6 years, they must be restructured. GAO examined (1) the characteristics of Title I schools in corrective action and restructuring; (2) the actions that schools in corrective action and restructuring implemented; (3) the assistance those schools received from districts and states; and (4) how Education supports states in their efforts to assist these schools. GAO administered two Web-based surveys to a nationwide sample of schools in corrective action and restructuring status and conducted site visits to five states. As a result of this study, GAO recommends that the Secretary of Education provide guidance on when schools in corrective action may continue previously implemented corrective actions rather than implementing new ones; direct states to report information on activities taken by each school in corrective action or restructuring; and take additional steps to ascertain whether states are ensuring that districts provide the required assistance to schools. Education agreed with these recommendations. Four appendices are included: (1) Scope and Methodology; (2) Number of Schools in Corrective Action, Planning for Restructuring, and Implementing Restructuring, by State in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007; (3) Comments from the Department of Education; and (4) GAO Contacts and Acknowledgments. (Contains 10 figures and 11 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10