Literacy levels need to be taken into account when determining a baseline. There should be a way to track how long a individual students have been in a district and examine their progress. A greater effort to coordinate the assessments needs to be made. Too often students have to take a different assessment test for the state, the district, the building and the classroom. Smaller class sizes would greatly increase time with students.
Assistance needs to start before children ever enter kindergarten.
The state needs to be able to remove themselves from this process. There were concerns that the recommendations were too vague. Local control is critical to making the process a success the locals will know the special issues facing a specific area and will not create a one size fits all process. Providing monetary assistance might create competition. The students need to be engaged so acknowledgment is recognized.