Public School ABC Soup- Angel B.
Across
- 3. District wide accountability standards which applied to English learners under the No Child Left Behind Act (Now ESSA)
- 5. Refers to schools who utilize programs that provide federal funding from the department of education to serve children from low-income families
- 7. A law that makes available free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation.
- 8. The measurement of annual achievement for Public Schools and districts mandated by the Department of Education.
- 10. A set of educational standards for teaching and testing Math/ English for K-12 students.
- 11. A year-long performance-based assessment aligned to the state mandated content standards.
- 14. The idea of holding schools, districts, educators, and students responsible for results.
- 15. $1 million dollar prize awarded to school districts each year who demonstrate the greatest overall performance in student achievement. As well as having a reduction in the achievement gap.
- 17. A trained aide who assists a professional such as teacher
- 19. Curriculum for grades K-12 which are aligned to the state-adopted standards in Language arts, Mathematics, Science, and social studies for elementary school students.
Down
- 1. A child with a disability must be educated within the same classroom as their peers who are not disabled as much as possible.
- 2. A “Competitive” grant created to help push states nationwide to pursue higher standards, adopt new strategies, improve teacher effectiveness, and use data effectively to help improve struggling schools.
- 4. A plan developed to ensure that a child with an identified disability who is attending an educational institution receives specialized instruction.
- 6. Any significant disparity in academic performance between different groups of students
- 9. Performance standards provide clear expectations for instruction, assessment, and student work.
- 11. Created to assume full responsibility for the preparation, certification, and professional conduct of certified personnel employed in the Georgia public schools.
- 12. The body of officials appointed to oversee local or statewide school systems.
- 13. Requirement for school districts to provide “Free Appropriate education” to each qualified person with a disability regardless of the nature or severity of the person’s disability.
- 16. Created to close the skill gap in reading, writing, and math between children from low income and non-low-income households.
- 18. This law replaced the “No Child Left