NCLB Research Reports

The Education Trust
Primary Progress, Secondary Challenge: A State-by-State Look at Student Achievement Patterns
Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Education Policy Research Unit
March 2006
"To assess patterns of student achievement since NCLB and in the wake of the governors' call to action, we have examined state assessment results from 2003 to 2005. The results show that progress in raising achievement and closing gaps has been strongest in the elementary grades.But, four years into NCLB, states have struggled when it comes to closing gaps in these grades. And it is clear that they are not making progress at nearly the rate needed to get all students to at least grade-level standards."

Title I Overview
Explanation of the NCLB Accountability System
"The ABCs of AYP"
2004
This report looks at the misconceptions and misunderstandings of Title I, mostly being: what does the law require? By explaining in detail the "ABCs" of Title one, the goal of Education Trust is to help people understand how they can use the law in their own community to ultimately benefit the students.