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Findings 11: McGuinn (POLITICS AND THE FUTURE OF THE FEDERAL ROLE IN…

- - - - “’Highly qualified’ is specified as meaning that a teacher must be fully certified or licensed, have a bachelor’s degree, and show competence in subject knowledge and teaching skills. NCLB mandates that every state and school district issue report cards that detail student test scores and identify those schools that have failed to meet proficiency targets and are in need of ‘program improvement’” (McGuinn, pg. 42)
    - - “The law's accountability provisions escalating actions with Title I schools that do not reach state performance objectives. A school that fails to meet state performance targets for two consecutive years must be given technical assistance from the district to help it improve, and students in that school must be given the option to transfer to another public school in the district” (McGuinn, pg. 42)
      - “If a school does not improve in the third year, students will also be given the option of using their share of Title I funds to pay for tutoring or other supplemental educational services. Schools that fail for four consecutive years must implement corrective actions such as replacing staff or adopting a new curriculum, and in the fifth year the failing school must be reconstituted with a new governance structure (e.g., reopening as a charter school)” (McGuinn, pg. 43)