NCLB Research Reports

National School Boards Association
Bill to Improve the No Child Left Behind Act
April 2006
Summary of Bill to Improve NCLB
Winter 2005
NSBA Position
March 2006
Since the passing of NCLB local school boards have seen many improvements to parent involvement, they have also seen many things the law does not address. In January 2005 the NSBA unveiled a bill for new legislation for NCLB. These links include a copy of the bill, a summary, and the NSBA's position today.

Multiple Assessments
National School Boards Association
January 2006
This report looks at the different levels of assessment in NCLB and relates it to Bush's goals for closing the achievement gap in public education. "This report concludes that neither a significant rise in achievement, nor closure of the racial achievement gap is being achieved."

The Why Report: NCLB Series
January 2006
"NCLB's policy does not recognize the challenges districts and schools face in raising the academic achievement of LEP students. There are three major issues: 1) Some LEP students' previous academic proficiency from their native countries is so low that counting their scores for AYP based on world-class standards when they have been in the United States for less than two or three years is inappropriate, 2) states do not have alternate assessments in students' native languages, as allowed under NCLB; and 3) schools are being mislabeled as failing based on standardized test scores even when their LEP students are making progress and gaining knowledge."

The Why Report: NCLB Series. NSBA Recommendation #2
January 2006
"NCLB regulations on students with disabilities present major problems for IEP teams because they must fit students into highly restrictive definitions in order to count their alternate assessment results as proficient toward AYP."

Track AYP for Same Subgroup
January 2006
"Federal policy unfairly punishes districts and schools that are successful in raising student achievement in specific subgroups, because it applied sanctions when one subgroup fails AYP in a subject for just one year and another different subgroup fail in the next..."