NCLB One-Pagers
These fliers address a variety of NCLB issues. They are easy to reproduce and suitable for inclusion in newsletters, distribution at meetings, or posting in school staff lounges.

• AFT on Adequate Yearly Progress (June 2007)
• AFT on English Language Learners and 'Adequate Yearly Progress' Calculations (June 2007)
• AFT on Highly Qualified Effective Teachers (June 2007)
• AFT on Paraprofessional Requirements of NCLB (June 2007)
• AFT on Public School Choice (June 2007)    
• AFT on Student Testing and NCLB (June 2007)
• AFT on Supplemental Educational Services (June 2007)   
  

NCLB: Let's Get It Right—AFT's recommendations for No Child Left Behind (Adobe pdf)
AFT's recommendations to improve NCLB focus on four areas: Assessment and Accountability, School Improvement Interventions, Staffing Schools, and Funding and Systemwide Accountability. This brochure clarifies the recommendations we believe will help fulfill the promise of ESEA's commitment to disadvantaged students. 12 pages. Item no. 39-0095. $1 each; 25 cents each for orders of 10 or more (October 2006).

NCLB: Let's Get It Right (Adobe pdf)
This brochure lays out the AFT's NCLB: Let's Get It Right Campaign, which focuses on four areas of the law that will improve NCLB: Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), highly qualified staff, school improvement and services for students, and funding issues. 10 pages (July 2005).

The Clock Is Ticking…Are You Highly Qualified? (Adobe pdf) 
This is a document that local leaders can adapt and disseminate for their own teachers. It outlines the general requirements for teachers to meet the highly qualified teacher mandates in light of NCLB's looming 2005-06 deadline. 1 page (2005).

Eight Misconceptions About the No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Provisions (Adobe pdf) 
AYP is touted and used as a measure of school effectiveness. Yet it fails to accurately measure the progress schools make. Measuring progress fairly and accurately over time is what accountability should be about. This paper highlights eight misconceptions about the law and concludes that the current AYP formula is neither valid nor reliable and must be changed. 4 pages (2004).

NCLB: Its Problems, Its Promise (Adobe pdf)
The AFT has long championed the principles underlying the No Child Left Behind Act, including high standards for all children; disaggregating student achievement data; well-qualified and well-trained teachers and paraprofessionals in every classroom; and extra support for students and schools that need it. President Bush has reneged on his promise to fully fund the law, however, and it's evident that the goals of NCLB cannot be met without changes in the law, proper implementation and the necessary funding. (August 2004).

Meeting NCLB's Highly Qualified Guidelines (Adobe pdf) 
This joint NEA-AFT publication is designed to help teachers understand the requirements of NCLB. The guidelines also are intended to serve as tools for leaders, staff, and policymakers responding to ESEA on the frontlines—in their schools, communities, and states—about the interpretation and application of NCLB’s requirements. 8 pages. Item no. 39-nclb. 75 cents each; 55 cents each plus shipping for orders over 100 (July 2004).

What is Proficient? The No Child Left Behind Act and the Many Meanings of Proficiency (Adobe pdf)
The goal of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is to have 100 percent of America's public school students "proficient" in reading and math by the year 2014. But what does "proficient" mean? Does it mean that students are on grade level? Does proficient mean the same thing in California as in Colorado, for example, or in math as in reading, or across the school grades? The answer is no on all counts. By demonstrating that "proficient" does not have a single, objective meaning, this issue brief helps in understanding the wide differences in AYP failure rates across the states, the meaning of student achievement reports under NCLB, and the prospects for achieving the law's goal of 100 percent proficiency by 2014.

Educational Research & Dissemination (ER&D) Program & the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 (Adobe pdf)
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provides funds to states and school districts to support high-quality professional development programs based on scientific research that will increase the number of highly qualified teachers and paraprofessionals and help raise student achievement. These brochures describe how the AFT's ER&D program, which is based on proven practice and meets the NCLB criteria for high-quality professional development, can help schools and districts meet the new requirements under NCLB. $1 each. Contact the AFT for bulk pricing.

• AFT Reading Programs (May 2003), Item no. 39-0463
• Parental Involvement (May 2003), Item no. 39-0460
• AFT's Professional Development Programs (May 2004), Item no. 39-0461
• Thinking Mathematics (March 2004), Item no. 39-0462