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1. Program Overview
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Raising academic standards for all students and measuring student achievement to hold schools accountable for educational progress are central strategies for promoting educational excellence and equity in our Nation's schools. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) supports State efforts to establish challenging standards, develop aligned assessments, and build accountability systems for districts and schools that are based on educational results. In particular, ESEA includes explicit requirements to ensure that students served by Title I are given the same opportunity to achieve to high standards and are held to the same high expectations as all other students in each State.
2. Standards and Assessments Peer Review
Letter to State Assessment Directors Regarding Assessment Peer Review Information (January 6, 2017) 
PDF (253 KB)- Letter to Chief State School Officers Regarding Assessment Peer Review Outcomes (October 6, 2016) PDF (163 KB)
- Letter to Chief State School Officers Regarding Release of Updated Peer Review of State Assessment Systems Non-Regulatory Guidance for States (September 25, 2015) PDF (165KB)
Peer Review of State Assessment Systems Non-Regulatory Guidance for States (September 25, 2015)
PDF (897KB)State Assessment Peer Review Submission Cover Sheet and Index Template (November 18, 2015)
MS Word (179 KB) - Letter to Chief State School Officers Regarding Assessing Speaking and Listening (March 2, 2016) PDF (286 KB)
- Template for State Request for Speaking and Listening Waiver (March 2, 2016) WORD (30 KB)
- Template for State Request for Speaking and Listening Waiver (March 2, 2016)
- Call for Experts to Serve as Peer Reviewers
- Overview of Peer Review of State Assessment Systems Powerpoint Presentation, (October 8, 2015) PDF (1MB)
- Overview of Peer Review of State Assessment Systems, (October 8, 2015) Audio *Audio is best listen to in your Chrome browser
Decision Letters on State Final Assessment Systems Under Title I of ESEA as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act
Decision Letters on State Final Assessment Systems Under Title I of ESEA as amended by the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994
3. Related Regulations and Guidance
Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards
- Final Regulations for the Inclusion of Students with the Most significant Cognitive Disabilities in Title I Assessments (December 9, 2003)
- Alternate Achievement Standards for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities Non-Regulatory Guidance (August 2005)
MS WORD (810K)
- Regulations to Implement Statutory Provisions Regarding State, Local Educational Agency (LEA), and School Accountability for the Academic Achievement of Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students (September 13, 2006)
- Guidance on Regulations Regarding Assessment and Accountability for Recently Arrived and Former Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students (May 2007)
MS WORD (704K)
- State and Local Report Cards, Non-Regulatory Guidance (February 8, 2013) PDF
- Final Title I Regulations to Strengthen NCLB: Title I--Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged, Final Regulations, 34 CFR Part 200 (October 29, 2008)
- High School Graduation Rate
Non-Regulatory Guidance (December 22, 2008)
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- Improving Data Quaility for Title I Standards, Assessments, and Accountability Reporting Guidelines For States, LEAs, and Schools Non-Regulatory Guidance (April 2006)
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- Title I--Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged; 34 CFR Part 200; Final Regulations; Correction (January 8, 2003)
- Title I--Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged, Final regulations, 34 CFR Part 200 (December 2, 2002)
- Title I--Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged, 34 CFR Part 200, Final Regulations for Standards and Assessment (July 5, 2002)
- Final Regulations to No Longer Authorize Modified Academic Achievement Standards for Certain Students with Disabilities(August 21, 2015)
Negotiated Rulemaking. During 2002, as required by the ESEA, the Department used a negotiated rulemaking process to develop draft rules on standards and assessments. The press release, Federal Register Notice of Meetings to Conduct a Negotiated Rulemaking Process, and the Draft Regulations for the Negotiated Rulemaking Process are available on the negotiated rulemaking page.
4. Other Resources
Test Security
- Secretary’s Letter on Test Security (June 24, 2011)
- Testing Integrity Symposium (February 28, 2012)
5. State Accountability Plans
- Approved State Accountability Workbook Addenda (on ESEA Flexibility State pages)
- Approved State Accountability Plans Under Title I of ESEA as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act
- Decision Letters -- State Accountability Plans
6. Related Programs and Initiatives
- President’s Testing Action Plan
- White House announcement (October 26, 2015)
- President’s Testing Action Plan fact sheet (October 24, 2015)
- Guidance to States on How Federal Funds can Support Reducing Over-Testing (February 2, 2016)
- Case studies of states and districts addressing overtesting
- Report: Testing Action Plan State and District Profiles (April 15, 2016)
- Enhanced Assessment Grants
- Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies (Title I, Part A)
- Race to the Top Assessment Program
- ESEA Flexibility
- English Language Acquisition State Grants (Title III)
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