Essays on AYP

Introduction

K-12 education system is the building block of the total education system of any country. Secondary school and high school education are the responsibilities of states in most of the nations around the world. The United States of America is no exception. Pennsylvania is one of the states in USA that has been pioneer in many fields including education reforms. Pennsylvania has a robust education system with 501 public school districts, many publicly funded colleges and thousands of private schools and colleges (PSSD, 2010). As per the state law of Pennsylvania, school attendance for children between the age group of ...

"Moving Beyond AYP: High School Performance Indicators" by Lyndsay M. Pinkys examines the effectiveness of AYP and reveals how performance indicators need to be established to determine a school's effectiveness. Adequate Yearly Progress is a measurement defined by the United States federal “No Child Left Behind Act” that allows the Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically. It is based on the improvement in the tests results and minimal increase in total graduation rates, but it does not show the students’ readiness for the college and future career. In order ...

Strategic Management

Abstract This paper discusses about the federal no child left behind (NCLB) education reform law. In the second section the paper discusses about the impact of legislation on local school system. In the third part the recommendations or the suggestions are made to make the said Act more successful. The NCLB requires all schools and districts with the states to ensure all students in the grade level math and also in the reading by 2014. It is the state that defines the grade level performance.

Introduction

No child left behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) is the iteration of the ...

Introduction

This paper researches the history of the causal problems that led to U.S. government policy resulting in the No Child Left Behind Act. It explains how the topic became a public policy problem, who placed it on the policy agenda and when, what the Act does and how it works, the institutions that have acted according to its requirements so far, and the current situation as of 2012.

Background and Legislative History

According to a U.S. Department of Education document “A Guide to Education and No Child Left Behind” (2004) the origins of the Act and the principles on which it is based can be ...

No Child Left Behind Act

The NCLB Act is legislation in USA aimed for public schools with the intention of advocating for offering standard based education, and at the same time improving pupils education through setting high standards and goals (Olivert, 2007). The Act was proposed by George W. Bush in 2002 and passed after getting cross-party support in congress. The Act proposes that States should receive federal funding to come up with strategies of assess learners. Furthermore, students have to take regular tests yearly in similar conditions to decide if the education is sufficient. After analyzing the results and it is recorded ...

Abstract

In the last decade, the general issue affecting the learning environment is the alarming rate of failure in mathematics amongst African-Americans and low-income students. This issue is of concern to both educators and researchers who view the subject as an avenue of achieving a very high economic status. The rationale behind the project is that there have been continuous decline in the performances of AYP (Adequate Yearly Performance) tests.

It was found that African-American preferred a social learning environment to achieve academic success. The literature review on preferred learning style amongst the risk groups was guided by questions such as: Do ...