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No Child Left Behind Act
Overview
The goal of No Child Left Behind, is to create the best
educational opportunities for our children and to ensure
they have every opportunity to succeed.
ESEA 1994
In 1994, ESEA established content and performance standards
for reading and mathematics. Through the 1994 legislation,
Iowa negotiated the “Iowa Model” with the United States
Department of Education (USDE). The “Iowa Model” is the
alignment of state policy (House File 2272) with 1994 ESEA
and is now part of Division VIII, Iowa Administrative Code
(IAC) Chapter 12. Division VIII guides the accreditation of
Iowa schools and school districts. This is the policy that
also created the comprehensive school improvement plan (CSIP),
assessment of all students aligned with standards, and the
annual reporting requirements (APR).
At this time, Iowa, along with 29 other states, is working on
a timeline waiver from the USDE to complete the requirements
of the 1994 legislation. In the next two years, Iowa must
demonstrate to the USDE the following:
- All districts have aligned their assessments with rigorous
reading and mathematics standards.
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All district-wide assessment measures are valid, reliable and
technically sound.
ESEA 2002 - No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
At the same time Iowa completes its timeline requirements for
ESEA 1994, it must also begin to implement NCLB. For several
years, the federal government has been working to reauthorize
ESEA. Reauthorization was signed into law on January 8, 2002,
and is now titled No Child Left Behind; however, the direction
of content and performance standards for reading and mathematics
continues through NCLB with additional modifications and
accountability provisions. No Child Left Behind has implications
for schools and school districts in Iowa.
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