Schools with large ESL and special education students are held to the same test score standards as their native English-speaking, non-special education students. By the last count, nearly half of all American public schools are now considered failing.
quote used in intro for making their own plans to help their students
it moves the accountability for tests scores down from the state to the individual teachers.
About NCLB teaching to the test
ESSA allows states to break the tests into “smaller components that can be given throughout the school year
used for testing flexability
NCLB, required a State educational agency (SEA) to hold schools accountable based solely on results on statewide assessments
NCLB accountability through testing
the ESSA no longer requires a particular sequence of escalating interventions in title I schools that are identified and continue to fail to make adequate yearly progress (AYP). Instead, it gives SEAs and local educational agencies (LEAs) discretion to determine the evidence-based interventions that are appropriate to address the needs of identified schools.
earlier intervention
States that wanted their fair share of federal funding were required to fix schools that failed to improve test scores adequately
used quote in argument 1
The law authorizes the spending of $24.9 billion in 2016, again subject to the spending bill now being finalized by Congress.
payments
The education law sets policy, and does not spend money directly — that's done through annual spending bills.
payment
olely on student academic achievement and primarily used state reading and math test scores
NCLB only used tests at their surface level to see how schools were doing
But the federal government can’t try to influence a state’s decision.
States can choose their tests
the new law drops the term “core academic subjects” and uses instead a “well-rounded education,” meaning that subjects like social studies and arts are less likely to be what one study
less teaching to the test, more teaching for actual learning
more flexibility on testing.
Yes
ESSA does order underperforming schools to allow students to transfer to other public schools in the district
More choice for if you want succeed, you can change schools
ESSA allows different standards for students with “the most significant cognitive disabilities
Hard for underprivileged districts to make their own, competent instruction
instead of the one-size-fits-all standards of NCLB, ESSA allows different standards for students with “the most significant cognitive disabilities.”
More flexability
ESSA allows states to break the tests into “smaller components that can be given throughout the school year.”
Less teaching to the test
holding schools, local educational agencies, and States accountable for improving the academic achievement of all students, and identifying and turning around low-performing schools that have failed to provide a high-quality education to their students, while providing alternatives to students in such schools to enable the students to receive a high-quality education;
Federal holding states accountable
have your child attend a failing public school or an unregulated charter school or a parochial private school.
Financially unstable families aren't able to choose
Schools with large ESL and special education students are held to the same test score standards as their native English-speaking, non-special education students
Unfair standards
reach a proficiency level of 100 percent in this year in order for their funds to remain intact
Main idea of the bill
perceived lack of funding of the program
support
. In addition, penalizing schools that fail to meet state or national standards is counterproductive for students.
Main argument