NCLB Student Subgroup Accountability 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: NCLB required states to set proficiency targets on a trajectory to reach 100% proficiency by which year?
- 2010
- 2012
- 2014 (Correct answer)
- 2020
Correct answer: 2014
NCLB mandated that all students, including every subgroup, reach 100% proficiency in reading and math by the 2013-2014 school year.
Question 2: A school consistently meets AYP for all subgroups except students with disabilities. What label might this school receive?
- Title I School in Need of Improvement (Correct answer)
- Distinguished School Award recipient
- Corrective Action School
- Priority School
Correct answer: Title I School in Need of Improvement
A Title I school that fails AYP for any subgroup for two consecutive years is identified as a School in Need of Improvement (SINI).
Question 3: Under NCLB, which federal law governed the rights and accountability requirements for students with disabilities as a subgroup?
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (Correct answer)
- The Americans with Disabilities Act
- The Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III
Correct answer: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
IDEA worked alongside NCLB to establish rights for students with disabilities, who were required to participate in state assessments and counted in AYP subgroups.
Question 4: What accommodation did NCLB allow for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities when calculating subgroup AYP?
- Complete exclusion from AYP calculations
- Use of alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards, capped at 1% of all tested students counting as proficient (Correct answer)
- A two-year delay before inclusion in AYP
- Counting only attendance, not academic performance
Correct answer: Use of alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards, capped at 1% of all tested students counting as proficient
NCLB permitted states to use alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, but limited the percentage counted as proficient to 1% of all tested students.
Question 5: Which racial/ethnic subgroups were schools required to track separately under NCLB?
- White, Black, and Hispanic only
- White, Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native (Correct answer)
- Any group comprising more than 20% of the school population
- Only groups identified by the state as historically underperforming
Correct answer: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native
NCLB required disaggregated reporting and accountability for White, Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native student groups.
Question 6: What happened to migrant students under NCLB's subgroup accountability framework?
- They were excluded from AYP calculations due to mobility
- They were identified as a separate subgroup requiring accountability (Correct answer)
- They were counted only in the state where they spent the most time
- They received automatic proficiency credit for mobility challenges
Correct answer: They were identified as a separate subgroup requiring accountability
Migrant students were designated as a separate subgroup under NCLB, requiring schools and states to track and report their academic performance for AYP purposes.
Question 7: How did NCLB's subgroup accountability rules address multiracial students?
- They were excluded from all racial subgroup counts
- States could determine how to count multiracial students within their accountability systems (Correct answer)
- They were automatically assigned to the minority subgroup
- They were counted only in the White subgroup
Correct answer: States could determine how to count multiracial students within their accountability systems
NCLB gave states flexibility in determining how to categorize and count students who identified with more than one racial group within their accountability frameworks.
NCLB Student Subgroup Accountability 3
NCLB required states to set proficiency targets on a trajectory to reach 100% proficiency by which year?