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Assess
every student annually in reading/language arts and mathematics
in grades 3–8, and once in grades 10–12, beginning
in the 2005–2006 school year. |
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Assess
LEP students, providing reasonable accommodations in language
to yield accurate and reliable information about student progress
in meeting state standards. |
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Assess
disabled students, providing reasonable adaptations and accommodations
necessary to measure academic achievement. |
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Assess
every student in science in at least one grade of grades 3–5,
6–9, and 10–12 by the 2007–2008 school year. |
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Develop
a parental involvement policy with input from and the agreement
of parents. |
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Disseminate
an annual student performance report card that provides parents
and community representatives with comparative information about
performance at the school district and individual school levels,
based on state assessments. |
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Require
all teachers of core academic subjects to be highly qualified
by the end of the
2005–2006 school year. |
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Require
all teachers and paraprofessionals in Title I programs to meet
the highly qualified standards set by the state, starting with
the 2002–2003 school year. |
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Identify
all Title I schools that fall into needing improvement, corrective
action, or restructured categories; notify parents what those
terms mean and what options they have. |