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Rothman, Robert – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2015
In 2002, the Monroe County, Georgia, school system was, according to its then-superintendent Scott Cowart, "underperforming." Test scores were low, and several schools faced interventions under the new No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). One decade later, the 4,000-student school district in central Georgia is one of the highest-performing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Schools, Educationally Disadvantaged, Minority Group Children
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Detrich, Ronnie; Lewis, Teri – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2013
It has been 10 years since No Child Left Behind (NCLB), with its emphasis on scientifically based instruction as a means for improving the educational outcomes of students, was signed into law. In this article, we review the basic tenets of evidence-based practice as they apply to education as well as the progress that has been made in…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Morning, Karen Vanessa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Education has been under major reform since the passing of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Under the NCLB Act states have set benchmark goals to measure whether districts and schools are making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) toward ensuring that all children are proficient in reading and math by 2014. Lack of progress in reading has…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools, Reading Achievement