No Child Left Behind Restructuring in Hawaii

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Overview

Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, consistently poor performance on the tests triggers sanctions, the last resort being restructuring.

Punitive Measures

After a school fails to meet AYP requirements for two years in a row, it is determined to be in "in need of improvement" status (INOI). A school remains in improvement status until it meets AYP requirements for two years in a row.

For each year (beginning with the second year of failing to meet AYP) that a school is in improvement status, the following sanctions are required under NCLB:

  • 1st year of INOI: provide free transportation for students from the INOI school to another school in the district that is not INOI
  • 2nd year of INOI: set aside 20% of district Title I moneys to provide the above, plus provide tutoring for students from the INOI school. Tutoring can be provided by any private tutoring business on the state's approved provider list.
  • 3rd year of INOI: all of the above plus implement at least one of the corrective actions on the list provided under NCLB:
    • Replace some of the staff (those 'responsible' for the failure)
    • Change the way staff is organized
    • Decrease the principal’s power or replace the principal
    • Adopt a new curriculum
    • Provide technical assistance from outside experts
    • Extend the school day or year
  • 4th year of INOI: all of the above plus "restructuring," which must include at least one of the following changes:
    • re-open as a public charter school
    • replace all or most of the school staff
    • enter into a contract with an outside entity, such as a private company, to run the school
    • turn the operation of the school over to the state
    • some other major restructuring of the school's governance that makes fundamental reform

In the state of Hawaii, the Hawaii State Department of Education has selected three companies to help with the schoools that are in need of restructuring. ETS Pulliam, Edison Alliance and the National Center on Education and the Economy will receive a combined $7.9 million to "restructure" 20 underperforming schools. Four others will be reformed directly by state education officials. [1]

In a Honolulu Star-Bulletin article dated May 22, 2005 and entitled, Providers vow to hone curricula [2] , the approaches of the three mainland school reform companies and the schools they have been assigned to work with were outlined:

Edison Alliance

  • Approach: Edison plans to install its own servers at each school to crunch student quiz scores and provide teachers instant feedback on student progress. A team of experts -- including a reading director, math director, English as a second language specialist, two achievement advisors and a technology specialist -- will organize professional development sessions designed to address recurring issues that arise from the test results.
  • Schools:
    • Aiea Elementary,
    • Central Middle,
    • Dole Middle,
    • Jarrett Middle,
    • Kahului Elementary,
    • Paia Elementary,
    • Palolo Elementary.

America's Choice

  • Approach: The National Center on Education and the Economy's America's Choice program provides between 40 and 80 days of technical assistance and coaching a year, both on- and off-site, designed to impart effective teaching rituals and routines for meeting the state standards and to enhance school leadership. Certain teachers are designated "coaches" and received special training so that the school can eventually make the program its own.
  • Schools:
    • Hilo Intermediate,
    • Keaau Middle,
    • Kealakehe Elementary,
    • Naalehu Elementary and Intermediate,
    • Pahoa High and Intermediate,
    • Waipahu Intermediate,
    • Waianae Intermediate.

ETS Pulliam

  • Approach: The company's IDMS software system will be fed Hawaii's educational standards. Teachers can then plug in the results of regular student tests and get an instant assessment of a student's progress and precise areas where they need to improve. The company's individual content specialists also will suggest teaching methods to help achieve that.
  • Schools:
    • Hana High and Elementary,
    • Maunaloa Elementary,
    • Molokai High,
    • Molokai Intermediate,
    • Nanakuli High and Intermediate,
    • Wahiawa Middle.

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