ESEA - Our Report to You

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also known as No Child Left Behind Legislation, reinforces the major focus of our nation’s public schools to provide all children with a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education.

Some of the Key Requirements of this legislation are:

• A continuation of standards-based education reform;
• A goal for all students to achieve proficiency in reading and math within 12 years;
• Intentional use of data (of all kinds – formal and informal) to guide instruction;
• Accountability for meeting the needs of low-achieving students and a commitment to close the achievement gap between different student populations;
• High quality teachers, educational assistants, and other educational staff; and,
• A strong emphasis on early childhood education.

The ESEA Report Card and
Your District’s Plan for 2005-06

A requirement of this legislation is that every public school district which receives federal funding must provide a report to their parents and community each fall. The ESEA report requires test data for the state, district as a whole and also disaggregated for different student populations (i.e.: gender, race/ethnicity, special education).

The Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has modified their school performance report requirements in light of this legislation and has compiled the data for both the ESEA and state report on its web site.

Click here to go directly to their ESEA / Report Card site.