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US Department of Education, 2025
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), establishes requirements for State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) to prepare and disseminate report cards that provide information on State, LEA, and school performance and progress in an understandable…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Report Cards
Quenemoen, Rachel F.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2019
A chain of interconnected events has occurred over the past four decades that can transform the lives of students with disabilities and their families. These events include the national policy shift to standards-based reform, legislative action that is reflected in reauthorizations of federal educational laws and regulations, and sustained state…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Change
Albus, Deb A.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2021
This is the 22nd report by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) that describes how states publicly report assessment data for students with disabilities in K-12 schools in the United States. The purpose of this report is to examine the extent to which states reported 2018-19 assessment data for students with disabilities "to the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Students with Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Grade 4
US Department of Education, 2017
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and implementing regulations maintain requirements for State educational agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs) to prepare and disseminate report cards that provide information on State, LEA, and school performance and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Progress Monitoring
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2013
This guidance is written to assist State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) in understanding and implementing the report card requirements under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). Although each SEA and LEA may consider this guidance in developing and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, State Departments of Education
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Bol, Linda; Ross, Steven M.; Nunnery, John A.; Alberg, Martha S. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2002
Surveyed and interviewed Title I elementary teachers regarding their assessment practices in the first and fourth years of restructuring efforts. Schools in their fourth year of restructuring had significantly higher mean ratings on alternative assessment items than did schools in their first year. Differences were significant for portfolios and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, School Restructuring
Montana State Office of Public Instruction, Helena. – 2002
The 2000-2001 school year brought changes in statewide testing in Montana and in assessment requirements tied to two federal programs, Title I and Special Education. This document provides guidance to districts about their responsibilities relative to the involvement of students served by these programs in statewide assessment, describing the ways…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Educational Testing
McLaughlin, Margaret J.; Hoffman, Amanda; Miceli, Meredith; Krezmien, Michael – Achieve, Inc., 2008
Students with disabilities represent a relatively small but important group of students in U.S. high schools. The education of these students is heavily influenced by federal and state law as well as by longstanding beliefs about the purpose of education and the extreme heterogeneity of the population. Until recently, general educational policies…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Accountability, High School Students
Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2002
AISD used $13,541,075 federal Title I funds during school year 2001-2002 to serve low-income students and support district parent involvement and other grant activities. This report summarizes evaluation information available for that school year.
Descriptors: School Districts, Federal Aid, Low Income Students, Parent Participation