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Across
  1. 3. District wide accountability standards which applied to English learners under the No Child Left Behind Act (Now ESSA)
  2. 5. Refers to schools who utilize programs that provide federal funding from the department of education to serve children from low-income families
  3. 7. A law that makes available free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation.
  4. 8. The measurement of annual achievement for Public Schools and districts mandated by the Department of Education.
  5. 10. A set of educational standards for teaching and testing Math/ English for K-12 students.
  6. 11. A year-long performance-based assessment aligned to the state mandated content standards.
  7. 14. The idea of holding schools, districts, educators, and students responsible for results.
  8. 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.
  9. 17. A trained aide who assists a professional such as teacher
  10. 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.
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  1. 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. 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.
  3. 4. A plan developed to ensure that a child with an identified disability who is attending an educational institution receives specialized instruction.
  4. 6. Any significant disparity in academic performance between different groups of students
  5. 9. Performance standards provide clear expectations for instruction, assessment, and student work.
  6. 11. Created to assume full responsibility for the preparation, certification, and professional conduct of certified personnel employed in the Georgia public schools.
  7. 12. The body of officials appointed to oversee local or statewide school systems.
  8. 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.
  9. 16. Created to close the skill gap in reading, writing, and math between children from low income and non-low-income households.
  10. 18. This law replaced the “No Child Left