No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

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 Teacher Quality (June 2007)
• AFT on Paraprofessional Requirements of NCLB (June 2007)
• AFT on Public School Choice (June 2007)
• AFT on Student Testing and Accountability (April 2007)
• AFT on Supplemental Educational Services (June 2007)

NCLB: Let's Get It Right—AFT's recommendations for No Child Left Behind
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. (October 2006)

The Clock Is Ticking…Are You Highly Qualified?
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. (2005)

Eight Misconceptions About the No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Provisions
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. (2004)

Educational Research & Dissemination (ER&D) Program & the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001
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.

• AFT Reading Programs (May 2003)
• Parental Involvement (May 2003)
• AFT's Professional Development Programs (May 2004)
• Thinking Mathematics (March 2004)