NCLB Tidbits

I will attempt to share some notes and information I received at the MAS/FPS Fall Institute.

NCLB Reauthorization
According to Leigh Manasevit (of Brustein & Manasevit; 3105 South Street, NW; Washington, DC 20007), a prominent attorney from Washington, D.C., there will probably be no reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (AKA The Elementary and Secondary Education Act)because of a few factors.

Number one is that the Democrats truly believe they will be winning the White House. NCLB expires, but will automatically renew. All work and proposals right now will serve as the framework. We may not see the reauthorization until 2009–10.

Proposals and analyses include work from the Apsen Institute. This model is a bi–partisan result of the meetings in Apsen, Colorado. There is no specific political agenda. Please consider checking out th elink for further information.

Others include a bill from LaMar Alexander.

Adequate Yearly Progress
AYP should be designed for more autonomy at the State and Local level. The current administration prefers the hardline approach that is currently in place. Margaret Spellings, current Secretary of Education, does not want to change. Manasevit suggests that there should be multiple measures of student assessment but currently state tests drive AYP.

There is talk of a "growth model" but major teachers unions oppose this idea.

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