NCLB Reporting and Public Dissemination 4

Question 1

Under NCLB, what was the purpose of requiring report cards to be written in 'plain language'?

Accepted Answer

To ensure parents and the community could understand and use the data

Answer

NCLB's plain language requirement was explicitly designed to make report card data accessible and meaningful to parents and community members without education expertise.

Question 2

NCLB required that school report cards include graduation rates. For which student population did NCLB specifically require a separate graduation rate calculation?

Accepted Answer

Each disaggregated subgroup, such as racial and ethnic groups

Answer

NCLB required graduation rates to be disaggregated by the same subgroups used for AYP determinations, exposing disparities by race, disability, and other factors.

Question 3

A district receives Title I funds. Under NCLB, the district's annual report card must include which of the following regarding school safety?

Accepted Answer

The number of persistently dangerous schools and violent incidents at each school

Answer

NCLB required LEA report cards to disclose the number of schools identified as persistently dangerous and the number of violent criminal offenses per school.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the relationship between AYP status and public reporting under NCLB?

Accepted Answer

AYP status was publicly reported on state and district report cards each year

Answer

NCLB required AYP status to be publicly disclosed on annual report cards so families and communities could see how their schools were performing.

Question 5

Under NCLB, if a state did not have sufficient numbers in a particular subgroup to report separate results, what was the required approach?

Accepted Answer

The state was not required to report that subgroup's data separately to protect student privacy

Answer

NCLB allowed states to set minimum 'n-size' thresholds for subgroup reporting to protect individual student privacy when group sizes were too small.

NCLB - No Child Left Behind Act Practice Test

NCLB - No Child Left Behind Act Practice Test

NCLB Reporting and Public Dissemination 4