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US Department of Education, 2012
"The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965" (ESEA) has directed federal resources to schools for more than four decades to help ensure all children have equal access to a quality education. The most recent reauthorization--or congressional update to the law--occurred with the passage of the "No Child Left Behind Act of…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
US Department of Education, 2014
The Department of Education Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2014-2018 describes the key policy and operational priorities for the agency. The Plan details the Department's strategic performance goals, objectives and indicators of success over the next five years. The Plan also provides an overview of our Fiscal Year 2014-2015 agency Priority…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Strategic Planning, Educational Policy, Educational Objectives
Elledge, Amy; Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson; Taylor, James; Anderson, Lindsay – US Department of Education, 2009
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that all students be assessed academically in mathematics and reading, and for purposes of adequate yearly progress (AYP), participation rates in statewide assessments must be 95 percent for all students. Federal law requires states to have at least one alternate assessment to evaluate the performance…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs, Disabilities
Riordan, Cornelius; Faddis, Bonnie J.; Beam, Margaret; Seager, Andrew; Tanney, Adam; DiBiase, Rebecca; Ruffin, Monya; Valentine, Jeffrey – US Department of Education, 2008
Although for most of the nation's history, coeducation has been the norm in public elementary and secondary school, recent years have marked an increasing interest in public single-sex education. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) authorized school districts to use local or innovative program funds to offer single-sex schools and…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Program Implementation