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Download full textDrew Atchison; Damon Blair; Katie Hyland; Umut Ozek; Kerstin Le Floch – American Institutes for Research, 2023
For the past quarter century, federal law has required states to measure school performance, identify the lowest performing schools, and provide support to identified schools. Earlier accountability systems were criticized for overemphasizing student achievement in reading and mathematics, excluding nonacademic features of school performance, and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Accountability
Direct linkJennifer A. Bury – ProQuest LLC, 2024
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) cemented a standardized testing assessment culture in the United States but research has highlighted the inequities (Au, 2020; Dixon, 1978; Grodsky et al., 2008; Khan, 2020; Moses & Nanna, 2007), unreliability (Hunt et al., 2010; Pizmony-Levy & Green Saraisky, 2016) and negative impacts (Berryhill et al., 2009;…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Accountability
Peer reviewedSheryl S. Lazarus; Martha L. Thurlow; Mari K. A. Quanbeck – Journal of Special Education, 2025
The 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act placed a 1.0% cap on the participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). U.S. Department of Education regulations clarified that states must develop participation guidelines and a definition of…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Alternative Assessment, Guidelines, State Standards
Jose A. Diaz – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Achievement and opportunity gaps have continued to persist despite the best efforts of educators. "The Every Student Succeeds Act" (ESSA, 2016) legislation was written to meet the needs of all historically underserved students. To meet those needs, Local Education Agencies (LEA) have turned to a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)…
Descriptors: Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Wan Hee Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has replaced No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and many changes were made to offer more flexibility for English language learners (ELLs). Historically, teachers have not been well informed of the changes made to the specific requirements of educational policy despite being at the frontline to implement these…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Shanette C. Porter; C. Kirabo Jackson; Sebastián Kiguel; John Q. Easton – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2023
Evidence in psychology and economics has converged on an understanding of what matters for students' learning and what influences their life trajectories. While earlier work focused on the role of large scale assessment test scores, more recent research emphasizes the importance of socioemotional skills, experiences, and mindsets--such as conflict…
Descriptors: High Schools, Student Development, Educational Attainment, Grade 8
