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• Expands testing — scope and participation <br />• Focuses assessment data on subgroup <br />performances <br />• Increases reporting of disaggregated data <br />results and progress toward closing the <br />achievement gap <br />• Raises standards for teacher and <br />paraprofessional quality <br />• Opens more options for parents — supplemental <br />services, information and school choice <br />ABCs <br />• "growth" model <br />• ABCs measures: <br />overall performance of <br />the school <br />growth of students <br />over time <br />NCLB <br />• Adequate Yearly Progress <br />(AYP): "all or nothing" <br />model <br />• AYP uses ABCs scores to <br />measure: <br />whether specific groups <br />of students meet <br />specified goals — <br />regardless of how much <br />they have grown <br />15 <br />3 <br />