Across
- 3. schools that receive federal funds due to having a high number of children in poverty
- 5. nation's national education law
- 8. board controlling an educational system
- 9. year-long performance-based assessment aligned to the state mandated content standards
- 13. a teacher's assistant
- 14. gap disparity in academic achievement between minority and disadvantaged students and their white counterparts
- 15. yearly targets in reading and mathematics
- 17. an initiative to bring innovative reforms to school through competitive grants
- 18. free education for children with disabilities
Down
- 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. guidelines for instructing assessment and student work expectation
- 4. high-quality academic standards in Math and English
- 6. Gwinnett's curriculum for grades K-12
- 7. co-created benchmarks of non-profit governance, finance, fundraising, and public communication
- 9. sets and applies guidelines for the preparation, certification, and continued licensing of public educators
- 10. a plan that contains specialized instructions and services for a child with a disability
- 11. the nation's special education law
- 12. law that holds public schools accountable for how students learn and achieve
- 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
- 16. children who receive special education should be placed in the same classrooms as other kids as much as possible