No Child Left Behind

In the last several years, Kentucky has adopted and implemented goals that are shared with those of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), including: high expectations for all students; rigorous student performance standards tied to annual assessments in grades 3-8; multiple assessments tied to the core content measuring what students know and can do, such as applying higher order thinking skills in reading and mathematics as well as in other subject content areas; school accountability; student and school performance information to parents in the form of school report cards; and, a goal of proficiency in 12 years by the year 2014. Besides having already implemented CATS, other provisions of NCLB that states are required to implement which Kentucky has already done, include: rewards and consequences, required school improvement plans, scholastic audits, highly skilled educators assigned to schools in assistance; student data disaggregated by subpopulation; a unified data collection and reporting system. These are some of the many examples of how Kentucky's system of public education has been implementing for the last thirteen years many of the requirements of NCLB.

Trigg County Public Schools has successfully met 100% of the standards established under No Child Left Behind for the 2009, 2008 and 2007 reporting periods as a district and at each individual school.  Scores are not reported for Trigg County Primary School as the grade span is kindergarten through second grade.  NCLB reporting begins at third grade.