And so, as a part of No Child Left Behind, there is a process where the school will go into a year one of needs improvement, a year two of needs improvement.
Basically, as a part of No Child Left Behind, we're expected to meet proficiency in reading and math by the year 2013 or 14.
Earlier this month I announced the first 11 states to get a waiver from No Child Left Behind, and I hope that we are going to be adding more states soon.
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The state of Tennessee, like many states, had a low bar on No Child Left Behind.
As Congress contemplates a renewal of the No Child Left Behind law, there are ample opportunities for reform.
On a national level, No Child Left Behind directed attention to an injustice that was allowed to exist for too long.
And the President has a plan to fix No Child Left Behind by offering states flexibility from its one-size-fits all mandates.
Much of that improvement was the result of a mandate in the No Child Left Behind legislation that required schools to use proven, research-based techniques to teach reading.
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Try to think of the last time you saw a newspaper story about No Child Left Behind that mentioned low intellectual ability as the reason why some students don't perform at grade level.
Once a vocal proponent of No Child Left Behind, charter schools, vouchers, and merit pay for teachers, Ravitch decided sometime around 2006 that there was actually no evidence that any of those policies improved American education.
Bush pushed several significant domestic initiatives such as No Child Left Behind and a costly prescription drug benefit.
Mr. Duncan will meet with state and local education officials to build consensus on standards ahead of a difficult effort to revamp No Child Left Behind in 2010.
And Race to the Top should be the approach we follow this year as we replace No Child Left Behind with a law that's more flexible and focused on what's best for our kids.
Although it is not often recognized as a vehicle for future economic competitiveness and prosperity, No Child Left Behind is remarkably attuned to the needs of students who we want to succeed in a competitive world.
Members of Congress: The No Child Left Behind Act is a bipartisan achievement.
Despite some of the grumblings, No Child Left Behind has largely been a success.
The disaster left in the wake of No Child Left Behind should serve as a cautionary tale.
No Child Left Behind was very much a bipartisan effort, but the Teach for America program is hardly dominated by conservatives.
Look for the watering down of No Child Left Behind testing standards, as a favor to the National Education Association.
No Child Left Behind was trying to address a real problem: there really were (and are) schools and teachers who were failing to educate the children entrusted to them.
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No Child Left Behind has gotten us to a place where I can tell you where the low-performing schools are and how the African-American and Hispanic kids do in reading and math on that campus.
So what we've said is, look, we'll provide states some waivers to get out from under No Child Left Behind if you can provide us with a plan to make sure that children are going to be college and career ready.
This might lead the cynical to think that he wanted Republicans to lose power in Congress so he could finally leave a "legacy, " in addition to the "No Child Left Behind" federal education bureaucracy and the monumentally expensive federal prescription drug program.
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The change is to be piloted in 10 states and is designed to appease a political firestorm after it became very clear that under No Child Left Behind, the vast majority of schools, even those considered to be good schools, were just not making enough progress.
Mr Bush failed to reform pensions, but he did push through No Child Left Behind, the biggest change to schools for a generation.
Accountability has been the driving force behind school improvement since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in early 2002 on a vote of 87-10 in the Senate and 381-41 in the House.
George W. Bush entered office with a modest, insular agenda, focussed on tax cuts and programs like No Child Left Behind.
No Child Left Behind says you've got to test kids once a year and report that data in a disaggregated way.
Both say without No Child Left Behind the achievement of poor and minority kids would still be a low priority.
The No Child Left Behind law was Mr. Bush's signature domestic achievement, a bipartisan triumph jointly championed by the late Sen.
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