No Child Left Behind Implementation in Three U.S. States, 2004-2006

A study examining the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania from the 2003-2004 through 2005-2006 school years. The monograph presents final results from the Implementing Standards-Based Accountability project, analyzing strategies used by states, districts, and schools and their association with classroom practices and student achievement in mathematics and science. It was authored by Brian M. Stecher and serves as a companion to a 2007 report, updating findings with an additional year of data.

Use Cases

• Analyzing state-to-state differences in NCLB implementation strategies based on the three-state comparison.
• Studying the association between accountability strategies and student achievement in math and science as mentioned in the description.
• Examining longer-term trends in standards-based accountability using the multi-year data.
• Investigating how school improvement efforts might be customized based on local conditions, as suggested by the study's conclusions.

Strengths

• Data covers three distinct U.S. states (California, Georgia, Pennsylvania).
• Analysis spans three school years (2003-2004 through 2005-2006).
• Study is part of a larger, named research project (Implementing Standards-Based Accountability).

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data freshness is unverified as the last update date is unknown.

Provenance

Source

Brian M. Stecher

Collection Method

Likely gathered through the Implementing Standards-Based Accountability (ISBA) study, which examined implementation strategies.

Time Range

2003-2004 through 2005-2006 school years

Geography

California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, United States