No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

Education Department Issues Guidance for Homeless Students under No Child Left Behind Act

The U.S. Department of Education has released preliminary guidance to help states and school districts ensure that every homeless child or youth receives the same educational opportunities, including public preschool education, as other children.

Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA) - Part A

Information on the program that provides financial assistance through state education agencies to schools with high numbers of poor children so that all children meet state academic content and achievement standards.

Measuring the Achievement of Students with Disabilities

Information from the U.S. Department of Education regarding what families and schools need to know about modified academic achievement standards under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This information can be downloaded in .pdf form here.

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

A central source for information on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) as it relates to children with disabilities and effective educational practices.

No Child Left Behind

Comprehensive Web site of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), which contains the most sweeping changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act since it was enacted in 1965.

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) & Students with Learning Disabilities

Discusses implications of NCLB for students with learning disabilities.

No Child Left Behind Act & the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): A Progress Report

A January 2008 report from the National Council on Disability (NCD) about the No Child Left Behind Act and the IDEA and how educators across the country are reexamining their practices to find ways to close the achievement gaps between groups of students.

Regulations.gov

Find, review and submit comments on federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register, the government's legal newspaper.

Special Education & Rehabilitative Services Policy

Links to information on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the U.S. Department of Education's budget and strategic plan.

  • The White House: President George W. Bush
  • USA.gov: The U.S. government's official web portal.

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