hether students are progressing." Senate Bill SBX1 5, introduced on February, 5 1999, gives birth to the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999. This will allow schools to notice low standardized test scores and obtain help from the government's "two-year action plan." A qualified evaluator will then "assist in underlying the causes of low performance by pupils in that school." Then government funding will then go towards fixing a school's problem areas. The goal is to fix the problems and raise student test scores in two years, but if there are still problems the school can opt for a long-term help plan. With this bill, and ones similar to it going through Congress, public schools will be getting the help needed to raise the educational achievement levels of its students. ...
