Association for Compensatory Educators of Texas - ACET

4. Schoolwide Programs – Continue the provisions in the law that allow eligibleTitle I schools to implement schoolwide programs using various federal fundingsources.5. English Language Learners (ELL) – Include a provision that allows statesand school districts to use portfolios and other alternate, valid and reliableassessment measures to assess English language proficiency and a provisionthat allows states to exclude the assessment results of recently arrived ELLswhen determining adequate yearly progress.6. Supplemental Educational Services – Establish strong accountabilityrequirements for the providers of supplemental educational services as aprovision in the new law. Providers of supplemental educational services shouldbe held to the same high accountability standards as the public schools theyserve.7. Highly Qualified Teachers – Provide flexibility in the requirements anddefinition of a highly qualified teacher to address the circumstances of secondaryschool math and science teachers, teachers in special education and bilingualeducation programs, and teachers in small schools and rural areas who teachmultiple subjects.8. Funding – A substantial increase in the funding authorization for Title I andother ESEA programs must be a priority in the next reauthorization. Adequatefunding is necessary to provide all of the mandated services and to implementeffective schoolwide programs in all eligible Title I schools.