Surprise Allies:Federal Education Financing, AYP & The Adequacy Movement

The General Welfare Clause | Article I, § 8

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Thus....

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While NCLB includes grants for:

Federal6%

States50%

Local44%

Only 6% of the averagedistricts budget.

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It’s not just the federal funding.

It’s also the

AYPTo which the $$$ is connected.

AYPWant the $$$ ?

Gotta adobt

accountability

pupil/teacher ratioinfrastructure investmentqualifications of teachers

Pre-AYP trend*

standardized test scoresgraduation rates

student reading levels

* Again, this trend preceded NCLB, beginning with the post-Brown adequacy movement.

Now, under AYP regime*

A New Erain FederalFunding! :)

A New Erain FederalFunding! :(

In my anecdotal experience....

As always, it’s more complicated than

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State Gov’t

Fed Gov’t/NCLB

The popular understanding.

All about this bit

State Gov’tAdequacy Advocates

Fed Gov’t/NCLB

A new view

A new bit!

standardized test scoresgraduation rates

student reading levels

Turns out, these mandated metricsare a boon to the leftish, equity-minded adequacy movement.

MARKERS OUT

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“Judicially manageable standards”

AYP=

• Principles

• Data

• Deadlines and Universality

NCLB & adequacy movement, bedfellows?

Yep!

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“The data themselves do not guarantee change, but they can be organized to

lead change”