Secretary
of Education Outlines Adequacy Provisions under No Child Left
Behind Act
On July 24, 2002,
Secretary of Education Rod Paige released a "Dear
Colleagues" letter outlining the adequacy provisions of the
No Child
Left Behind Act. Under the Act, schools, districts, and states must
demonstrate that their students are making "adequate yearly progress"
towards 100% on state assessments by the 2013-14 school year. Secretary
Paige announced that the Department expects to issue draft regulations
on the provisions "in the very near future."
Additional Resources:
Department
of Education's Press Release
Testing
Requirements under the NCLB
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