ECCE 2312 Alphabet Soup

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Across
  1. 3. schools that receive federal funds due to having a high number of children in poverty
  2. 5. nation's national education law
  3. 8. board controlling an educational system
  4. 9. year-long performance-based assessment aligned to the state mandated content standards
  5. 13. a teacher's assistant
  6. 14. gap disparity in academic achievement between minority and disadvantaged students and their white counterparts
  7. 15. yearly targets in reading and mathematics
  8. 17. an initiative to bring innovative reforms to school through competitive grants
  9. 18. free education for children with disabilities
Down
  1. 1. million dollar prize awarded to schools with greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement while narrowing achievement gaps among low-income students
  2. 2. guidelines for instructing assessment and student work expectation
  3. 4. high-quality academic standards in Math and English
  4. 6. Gwinnett's curriculum for grades K-12
  5. 7. co-created benchmarks of non-profit governance, finance, fundraising, and public communication
  6. 9. sets and applies guidelines for the preparation, certification, and continued licensing of public educators
  7. 10. a plan that contains specialized instructions and services for a child with a disability
  8. 11. the nation's special education law
  9. 12. law that holds public schools accountable for how students learn and achieve
  10. 14. measurement of annual achievement for public schools and districts mandated by the U.S. Dept. of Education under the No Child Left Behind Act
  11. 16. children who receive special education should be placed in the same classrooms as other kids as much as possible