1. NCLB: The Trojan Horse of the 21 st Century Opinions and Thoughts of Robert C. McCracken

2. NCLB and Teaching First here are some mandatory lessons about teaching!

3. NCLB  Some Facts  Some Opinion  Some Reflective Activities

4. Pre-Assessment  What do the letters NCLB stand for in respect to a federal program?  Is NCLB a new program?  Who is in control of education, states or the federal government?  NCLB has the ability to declare a school as a failed school? True or False

5. Pre- Assessment  What is the term and measurement of a school success under NCLB?  What are penalties if a school does not meet the expectations of NCLB?  Can a teacher lose their job as a result of NCLB expectations?  Can the state take over a school that does not meet the expectations of NCLB?

6. Some Facts  History: Title I, Chapter I and ESEA  Trojan Horse Example  First Benchmark: Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals  Next Benchmark: First set of data regarding schools failing to make Adequate Yearly Progress

7. Some Facts  State Accountablility: AKA as “Workbooks”  Virginia’s “Workbook”; timeline issues  First Set of Data release: Virginia’s Issues  Data Sets: Disaggregated Data What does that mean?

8. Required Pass Rates (percent)  Language Arts/Reading Passrates 77.0 60.7 61.0 61.0 65.0 69.0 73.0 77.0 81.0 85.0 89.0 93.0 97.0 100%  Mathematics 58.4 59.0 59.0 63.0 67.0 71.0 75.0 79.0 83.0 87.0 91.0 95.0 100%

9. Some Facts  In Virginia: SOL test results Beginning in Grades 3, 5, 8 and End of Course (English and Math - Guess what else use to be included?) At the end of 2005-06; 4 and 7 Addition of mathematics to middle school grades Science in middle school and high school Attendance Graduation Rates

10. Some Facts  the Nation: All the same subgroups  In Implementation Goals of NCLB 100% All Subgroups by 2014 Virginia first goals: 58 Math and 61 English Failure of ANY subgroup at any time MEANS “Failure to Make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)”

11. Some Facts  Highly Qualified Professional Personnel Who are they? Provisional Licensure Career Switchers Experienced Teachers  Staff Development: High Quality Staff Development

12. Some Facts  School Improvement AYP Issues Accreditation Issues  VaDOE Requirements and Funding

13. Some Facts  Penalities: Failure to make AYP  “Title I” and Non-Title I Regardless; Public label is applied  Supplemental Services  School Choice  Removal of Staff “responsible for the failure”  Reconstitution of the school

14. Some Facts  Reopen as a Charter School  Virginia’s Requirement for Charter Schools  Virginia’s Changing Issues and Requirements  Charter Schools in other states

15. Some Facts More Facts from REAL People

16. Some Opinion  Provisional Licenses no longer exist  Local Licenses no longer exist  Relationship to Special Education i.e. “Highly Qualified”

17. Some Opinion  Special education and NCLB will conflict in court  IF adjustments are not made, public schools as currently defined and as we know them, will begin to disappear in 2014  What is the intent of the political agenda to implement Charter Schools and or Vouchers?  What is the outcome of implementation of Charter Schools and Vouchers?

18. NCLB and Testing TESTING????

19. Some Reflection  List five facts about NCLB that you were not aware of prior to the presentation (if you knew it all, just list five facts)  List five facts that will affect your career by the year 2014  List five questions you would ask as a School Board Member when a Charter School application is presented to you.

20. Some Reflection  List five arguments you would present to defeat a Charter School application that will be competing for students in your school.  List five arguments you would present to support a Charter School application that will be competing for students in your current school.

21. Additional Discussion  If you would like to have discussion about NCLB, a blog has been established for you to share your thoughts.  http://runclb.blogspot.com/ http://runclb.blogspot.com/

22. Questions / Comments  Questions  Comments  Thoughts  Action Plans?