1. NO CHILD LEFT
BEHIND
By Emily Schmidberger, Brittany Shearer,
Destinee Simonin, and Lindsay Stricker
2. What Law Established NCLB?
Reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary
Act
This program was established while George
W. Bush was president
3. Controversy
There is a lot of controversy and debate
surrounding what the standardized test scores
should stand for
Some people believe that the scores of the
standardized tests set up in this act should not
determine the students placement and graduation
Many people are upset because they think that
schools are teaching to help students pass the
test versus actually educating them and helping
them learn the material
The government is changing from NCLB to SASA
It is said that common core (SASA) is NCLB on
steroids, which is where the controversy lies today
4. Waiver
A waiver is what the
government gives
states so they have
more flexibility on the
act
34 states signed up
for the waiver in
2012-2013
These expire at the
end of the 2013-2014
school years
5. Cost
144.5 billion all
together (Ohio spent
35.1 billion on
education)
In 2013, the program
cost around 20.5
billion.
The costs are greater
than anticipated by
about 30%
6. When and Why?
NCLB was established on January 8th, 2002
Mission Statement:
higher accountability for test results
More choices for parents
Higher qualified teachers
Flexibility regarding funding
Encourage proven education methods
7. States Participation
Not all states participate in NCLB or the
administration
Connecticut
Delaware
Louisiana
Maryland
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Rhode Island
9. How is NCLB administered?
Congress authorized 5
year funding levels for 5
of the 45 authorized
NCLB programs
The other 40 programs
were authorized at
specific amounts for the
initial year of funding
10. Grants
Basic Grant Formula: allocates funding to
school districts based on number of poor
children. They serve any school district with at
least ten poor children or +2% of it’s students
in poverty
Concentration Grant Formula: School must
have at least 15% of children in poverty or
6500 poor children
11. Grants Cont.
Targeted Grant Formula: Provides more
money per child as districts poverty rate
increases, so that higher poverty school
districts get more money per child than lower
ones
Education Finance Incentive Grant Formula:
Takes into account the percent of per capita
income devoted to education and equitably the
state school finance system distributes state
and local funding for education
12. Other Requirements for
Funding
Implement a number
of education policies
States must
implement laws that
hold school and
districts accountable
if they fail to make
adequate yearly
progress in improving
student achievement
13. Department of Education
The department of Education is the federal
government department agency that oversees
and administers the NCLB
The department of education under the
Obama administration is proposing
improvements
The Obama administration released its blue
print for revising the ESEA on March 13th, 2010
14. Department of Education Cont.
This blueprint builds on the significant reforms
already made in response to the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 around
four areas
1. Improving teacher and principal
effectiveness
2. Providing information to families to help
them evaluate and improve their children’s
schools
3. Implementing college-and-career-ready
standards
4. Improving student learning and
achievement in in America’s lowest-performing
schools by providing intensive support and
15. NCLB vs SASA
In the article, they
discussed moving
toward SASA and
moving away from
NCLB, because it is said
that NCLB is the reason
education in America is
failing
The government
believes that moving
towards SASA will help
create higher education,
because it uses proven
16. What percent did the government
pay in 2008?
A. 56%
B. 76%
C. 94%
D. 12%
