No Child Left Behind Act 2001:
The federal No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires states to establish an accountability system to
evaluate the performance of local public schools and school districts,
including charter schools.
The No Child Left Behind Act requires that every public school and district in
a state- as well as the state itself-be evaluated on three measures:
1.
Progress toward
meeting the goal of 100 percent proficiency in state standards;
2.
Percentage of
students assessed; and
3.
An additional
measure of school. NCLB mandates that for high schools this indicator be the
graduation rate. States may select an alternative indicator for elementary
schools.
If an entity-school,
district, or state – passes on all three measures, then it is deemed to have
made adequate yearly progress (AYP).
Reference: Arizona’s School
Accountability System 2007 Technical Manual,