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No Child Left Behind

Economically Disadvantaged Students

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Limited English Proficient

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Understanding No Child Left Behind

		The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 was passed to ensure that ALL children in the United States have equal access to a quality education. The objective of NCLB is to “improve the performance of America's elementary and secondary schools while at the same time ensuring that no child is trapped in a failing school”. As a result of the Act, states adopted a testing method to make certain that all children were reaching the desired educational goal. These tests were adopted to help states guide their change practices—a needed step to make sure that all children were learning. An outcome of the testing was that students were grouped into areas (sub-groups) to see who would benefit from needed attention. The Virginia Department of Education focuses on three of the NCLB sub-groups within this website: 1) economically disadvantaged students, 2) students with disabilities, and 3) limited English proficiency. As you enter the NCLB part of this site you can read more about NCLB and how your state/district/school is doing.

NCLB Resources Spotlight:

	Economically Disadvantaged Students

Sweating the Small Stuff: Inner-City Schools and the New Paternalism
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Date: 8/15/2008 Author: David Whitman

The most exciting innovation in education policy in the last decade is the emergence of highly effective schools in our nation’s inner cities, schools where disadvantaged teens make enormous gains in academic achievement. In this book, David Whitman takes readers inside six of these secondary schools and reveals the secret to their success: they are paternalistic.

	Students with Disabilities

Disability Awareness and Inclusion
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Date: 2/1/2010 Author: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

NICHCY receives many calls and emails each year from people looking for materials on disability awareness. People need these materials for many different reasons, from classroom instructional units, to Girl Scout information fairs, to school reports. This resource page provides just a sample of selected materials available from different organizations.

	Limited English Proficiency

Classroom Instruction That Works With English Language Learners
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Date: 1/1/2006 Author: Hill, Jane & Flynn, Kathleen

Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners applies the strategies from the best-selling book Classroom Instruction that Works to reaching English language learners (ELLs). It describes ways for mainstream K–6 teachers to adapt the strategies to meet the needs of ELLs at different stages of language acquisition. Teachers also will learn how to use culturally appropriate methods to increase parents' involvement in the education process.

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