We widely believe that, no matter what forces shape a child's life outside school, teachers can level the playing field, neutralize the negative effects of poverty on learning, and raise every kid to proficiency in every standard.
Students are tested for English proficiency every year.
The federal law requires states to administer reading and math tests every year in grades three through eight, with the goal of bringing every student to "proficiency" in math and reading by 2014.
Under the federal No Child Left Behind law, states are required to administer reading and math tests every year in grades three through eight, with the goal of bringing every student to "proficiency"' in math and reading by 2014.
Unless Congress acts to change the law, thousands more schools will be labeled as failing each year until 2014, the deadline by which schools are required to bring every student to proficiency in reading and math.
The pressure intensified in 2002 with the enactment of the federal testing law No Child Left Behind, which mandated high-stakes standardized exams that were supposed to bring every child to "proficiency" by the year 2014.
A draft proposal being floated by Representative George Miller, chairman of the House education committee, would soften many of the law's accountability provisions while maintaining its overall strategic goal: to bring every student to proficiency by 2014 by requiring states to administer standardized tests and to punish schools where scores do not rise.
To ensure that laboratory tests such as rapid HIV tests are being performed and interpreted correctly, the College of American Pathology (CAP) requires that test operators register for a certification process and participate in an external assessment of testing proficiency every 6 months [32].
Last year, every senior passed a proficiency test, mandated by the state, that permits them to graduate.
The NCLB law set a hopelessly unrealistic target for 100% student proficiency in every school by 2014.
State officials and critics of the 2001 federal law have long complained that it was unreasonable and unrealistic in requiring every student to demonstrate proficiency in math and English by 2014.
