Resources on "No Child Left Behind"
This information regarding "No Child Left Behind" is presented stictly for informational purposes.
Resources
- Department of Education: No Child Left Behind
Resources from the Department of Education - Department of Education: No Child Left Behind Desktop Reference
"Outlines what is new under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 for each program supported under the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 and other statues. It also describes how the Act's four guiding principles (accountability, flexibility and local control, parental choice, and what works) are brought to bear on many of these programs." - Harvard Educational Review: Complexity, Accountability and School Improvement
"In this article, Jennifer O’Day builds on her earlier work defining and examining the standards-based reform movement in the United States." - Education Commission of the States: No Child Left Behind
"The most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of states' progress toward implementing the No Child Left Behind Act, is available on our Web site." - Education Commission of the States: Selected Readings on Adequete Yearly Progress
About 30 articles on adequate yearly progress. - Education Commision of the States: Closing Low-performing Schools and Reopening Them as Charter Schools: The Role of the State
"This paper provides an in-depth look at the first of the five policy strategies mentioned above: namely, that states incorporate into their broader restructuring efforts an option that allows policymakers and administrators – selectively and wisely – to close down chronically low-performing schools and reopen them as charter schools." - Harvard Educational Review: Complexity, Accountability, and School Improvement
"In this article, Jennifer O’Day builds on her earlier work defining and examining the standards-based reform movement in the United States." - Northwest Regional Educational Library: Making Sense of Adequate Yearly Progress [pdf]
