1. NO CHILD LEFT
BEHIND
By Emily Schmidberger, Brittany Shearer,
Destinee Simonin, and Lindsay Stricker

2. What Law Established NCLB?
 Reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary
Act
 This program was established while George
W. Bush was president

3. Controversy
 There is a lot of controversy and debate
surrounding what the standardized test scores
should stand for
 Some people believe that the scores of the
standardized tests set up in this act should not
determine the students placement and graduation
 Many people are upset because they think that
schools are teaching to help students pass the
test versus actually educating them and helping
them learn the material
 The government is changing from NCLB to SASA
 It is said that common core (SASA) is NCLB on
steroids, which is where the controversy lies today

4. Waiver
 A waiver is what the
government gives
states so they have
more flexibility on the
act
 34 states signed up
for the waiver in
2012-2013
 These expire at the
end of the 2013-2014
school years

5. Cost
 144.5 billion all
together (Ohio spent
35.1 billion on
education)
 In 2013, the program
cost around 20.5
billion.
 The costs are greater
than anticipated by
about 30%

6. When and Why?
 NCLB was established on January 8th, 2002
 Mission Statement:
 higher accountability for test results
 More choices for parents
 Higher qualified teachers
 Flexibility regarding funding
 Encourage proven education methods

7. States Participation
 Not all states participate in NCLB or the
administration
 Connecticut
 Delaware
 Louisiana
 Maryland
 New York
 North Carolina
 Ohio
 Rhode Island

8. Percentage of Cost
Amount of money borne by the federal
government
 56% in 2008
 76% in 2002

9. How is NCLB administered?
 Congress authorized 5
year funding levels for 5
of the 45 authorized
NCLB programs
 The other 40 programs
were authorized at
specific amounts for the
initial year of funding

10. Grants
 Basic Grant Formula: allocates funding to
school districts based on number of poor
children. They serve any school district with at
least ten poor children or +2% of it’s students
in poverty
 Concentration Grant Formula: School must
have at least 15% of children in poverty or
6500 poor children

11. Grants Cont.
 Targeted Grant Formula: Provides more
money per child as districts poverty rate
increases, so that higher poverty school
districts get more money per child than lower
ones
 Education Finance Incentive Grant Formula:
Takes into account the percent of per capita
income devoted to education and equitably the
state school finance system distributes state
and local funding for education

12. Other Requirements for
Funding
 Implement a number
of education policies
 States must
implement laws that
hold school and
districts accountable
if they fail to make
adequate yearly
progress in improving
student achievement

13. Department of Education
 The department of Education is the federal
government department agency that oversees
and administers the NCLB
 The department of education under the
Obama administration is proposing
improvements
 The Obama administration released its blue
print for revising the ESEA on March 13th, 2010

14. Department of Education Cont.
 This blueprint builds on the significant reforms
already made in response to the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 around
four areas
1. Improving teacher and principal
effectiveness
2. Providing information to families to help
them evaluate and improve their children’s
schools
3. Implementing college-and-career-ready
standards
4. Improving student learning and
achievement in in America’s lowest-performing
schools by providing intensive support and

15. NCLB vs SASA
 In the article, they
discussed moving
toward SASA and
moving away from
NCLB, because it is said
that NCLB is the reason
education in America is
failing
 The government
believes that moving
towards SASA will help
create higher education,
because it uses proven

16. What percent did the government
pay in 2008?
A. 56%
B. 76%
C. 94%
D. 12%

17. Answer
A. 56%

18. What is the program taking over
NCLB?
A. ESEA
B. SASA
C. NBLA

19. Answer
B. SASA

20. How many type of grants are
mentioned?
a. 6
b. 9
c. 3
d. 4

21. Answer
D. 4

22. What is most controversy over?
A. Test scores
B. Teachers
C. Grades
D. Funding

23. Answer
A. Test scores

24. How many waivers were signed
last year?
A. 64
B. 44
C. 24
D. 34

25. Answer
D.34