By Meredith Hawkins Deborah Fajuyigbe Robert McArdle

 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA), initiated and signed by President George W. Bush in 2002 was a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) which was first enacted 1965 as the central federal law concerning pre- collegiate education  The NCLB set into place requirements of every public school in America, in an attempt to drive student achievement and hold states and schools more accountable for student success  The requirements include the following:  Annual Testing - Implementation of standardized tests measuring/tracking students progress at every grade level  Academic Progress - Overall progress of schools meeting "proficiency" and the Annual Yearly Progress or AYP standards which were implemented by the state  Report Cards - Required schools to provide annual report cards showing data on student- achievement, teacher quality, drop-out rates, etc.  Teacher Qualification - Required teachers to be "highly qualified" in the subject(s) he/she taught  Funding - Through Title I funding, NCLBA would grant funds and resources toward school districts with high concentrations of poor children

 Schools that fail to meet NCLB requirements are in jeopardy of losing accreditation. The Virginia Department of Education defines accreditation as this:  "A school’s state accreditation rating reflects overall achievement in the four core academic areas of English, history/social science, mathematics and science. High schools must meet an additional minimum benchmark for graduation and completion. Schools in which students meet or exceed all achievement objectives established by the Virginia Board of Education are rated as Fully Accredited.“  Virginia's system for holding teachers and school accountability is based on the Standards of Learning (SOL) standardized test.

 Provisionally Accredited-Graduation Rate: A high school or combined school is granted Provisionally Accredited-Graduation rate if the students "achieve adjusted pass rates of 75% or more in English and 70% or more in mathematics, science, and history  Accreditation with Warning: A school receives an Accredited with Warning rate if its "adjusted pass rates for the four core subjects are below the achievement levels required for full accreditation. Schools that receive this rating undergo academic reviews and are required to adopt and implement school improvement plans..A school may hold this rating for no more than three consecutive years." Schools who have a low graduation rate are also rated as Accredited with Warning.Accreditation Denied: A school is rated  Accreditation Denied if it "fails to meet the requirements for full accreditation for four consecutive years." Schools who receive this rating are required to notify parents of the accreditation rating within 30 days notice, a copy of the schools proposed corrective action plan, and an opportunity to comment on such proposed plan before it goes to the Board of Education for approval  Conditionally Accredited:  Conditionally Accredited-New  Conditionally Accredited-Reconstituted

 Elementary Schools:  Overby-Sheppard Elementary School  Fairfield Court Elementary School  Woodville Elementary School  Middle Schools:  Thomas H. Henderson Middle School  Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School  High Schools:  John Marshall High School  Armstrong High School  Thomas Jefferson High School

Richmond City Schools:  Accreditation report, out of the 46 schools in the City of Richmond:  32 schools received full accreditation rates  14 schools received accreditation with warning rates  4 of those schools serve the HP area Henrico County Schools  Accreditation Report, out of the 68 schools in Henrico County:  62 schools received full accreditation rates  2 schools received accreditation with warning rates Goochland County Schools  Accreditation Report:  All 5 schools received full accreditation rates Hanover County Schools  Accreditation Report:  All 23 schools received full accreditation rates Chesterfield County Schools  Accreditation Report:  All 61 schools received full accreditation rates

 Percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers teaching outside of their areaof endorsement: 0%  Percentage of teachers teaching with provisional or provisional special educationcredentials: 3% Provisional 0% Special Education Provisional  Percentage of teachers with bachelor’s degree: 55%  Percentage of teachers with master’s degree: 45%  Percentage of teachers with doctoral degree: 0%

*3YR= Met objective with 3 year average result SubjectBenchmarkResultsMet Benchmark? English75793YR Mathematics7069NO History7082YES Science70803YR

Percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers teaching outside of their area of endorsement: 0% Percentage of teachers teaching with provisional or provisional special education credentials: 7% Provisional 5% Special Education Provisional Percentage of teachers with bachelor’s degree: 59% Percentage of teachers with master’s degree: 41% Percentage of teachers with doctoral degree: 0%

SubjectBenchmarkResultsMet Benchmark? English7562NO Mathematics7044NO History7063NO Science7066NO

Percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers teaching outside of their area of endorsement: 2% Percentage of teachers teaching with provisional or provisional special education credentials: 10% Provisional 0% Special Education Provisional Percentage of teachers with bachelor’s degree: 39% Percentage of teachers with master’s degree: 55% Percentage of teachers with doctoral degree: 0%

SubjectBenchmarkResultsMet Benchmark? English7591YES Mathematics70 YES History7081YES Science7087YES Graduation/C ompletion Index 8578NO

Percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers teaching outside of their area of endorsement: 0% Percentage of teachers teaching with provisional or provisional special education credentials: 6% Provisional 2% Special Education Provisional Percentage of teachers with bachelor’s degree: 42% Percentage of teachers with master’s degree: 58% Percentage of teachers with doctoral degree: 0%

SubjectBenchmarkResultsMet Benchmark? English7592YES Mathematics7086YES History7094YES Science7093YES

Percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers teaching outside of their area of endorsement: 4% Percentage of teachers teaching with provisional or provisional special education credentials: 5% Provisional 3% Special Education Provisional Percentage of teachers with bachelor’s degree: 45% Percentage of teachers with master’s degree: 50% Percentage of teachers with doctoral degree: 5%

SubjectBenchmarkResultsMet Benchmark? English75833YR Mathematics70 3YR History7092YES Science7093YES

Percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers teaching outside of their area of endorsement: 0% Percentage of teachers teaching with provisional or provisional special education credentials: 8% Provisional 2% Special Education Provisional Percentage of teachers with bachelor’s degree: 43% Percentage of teachers with master’s degree: 53% Percentage of teachers with doctoral degree: 3%

SubjectBenchmarkResultsMet Benchmark? English7591YES Mathematics7063NO History7078YES Science70783YR Graduation/C ompletion Index 8586YES

Deep Run High School (Ranked #12 in Virginia) Percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers teaching outside of their area of endorsement: 1% Percentage of teachers teaching with provisional or provisional special education credentials: 2% Provisional/ 1% Special Education Provisional Percentage of teachers with bachelor’s degree: 49% Percentage of teachers with master’s degree: 50% Percentage of teachers with doctoral degree: 1%

Deep Run High School Accreditation Results Fully Accredited SubjectBenchmarkResultsMet Benchmark? English7599YES Mathematics7092YES History7098YES Science7099YES Graduation/ Completion Index 8599YES

Tuckahoe Middle School Percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers teaching outside of their area of endorsement: 0% Percentage of teachers teaching with provisional or provisional special education credentials: 6% Provisional/ 0% Special Education Provisional Percentage of teachers with bachelor’s degree: 35% Percentage of teachers with master’s degree: 64% Percentage of teachers with doctoral degree: 1%

Tuckahoe Middle School Accreditation Results Fully Accredited SubjectBenchmarkResultsMet Benchmark? English7590YES Mathematics7078YES History7094YES Science7095YES

Short Pump Elementary School Percentage of core academic classes taught by teachers teaching outside of their area of endorsement: 0% Percentage of teachers teaching with provisional or provisional special education credentials: 3% Provisional/ 0% Special Education Provisional Percentage of teachers with bachelor’s degree: 42% Percentage of teachers with master’s degree: 58% Percentage of teachers with doctoral degree: 0%

Short Pump Elementary School Accreditation Results Fully Accredited SubjectBenchmarkResultsMet Benchmark? English7599YES Mathematics7093YES History7099YES Science7099YES