PPT Slide
It is clear what is wrong here. However, we want to make it absolutely clear what isn’t wrong: holding schools accountable for testing all students or for moving the students with the most need up from “minimal” to “basic.” In fact, the law requires that all students be included in assessment and accountability systems and that states pay particular attention to students most at risk of failing to meet standards. However, by turning this requirement into a trade-off that will leave horribly performing schools outside the net of school improvement, Wisconsin has twisted the purpose of these requirements to a point where they are meaningless.
* The definition of Adequate Yearly Progress explicitly requires particular attention to economically disadvantaged and limited English proficient students and implicitly requires that state accountability systems pay attention to students who are farthest behind in the requirement that states get all students to meet standards within their school careers. 20 U.S.C. § 6311(b)(3)(F) and other federal laws require that all students be included in Title I assessment and accountability systems.