 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
         SUBCHAPTER VI--INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM STRATEGIES
 
Sec. 7303. ``Effective schools programs'' defined

    For the purposes of this subchapter the term ``effective schools 
programs'' means school-based programs that may encompass preschool 
through secondary school levels and that have the objectives of (1) 
promoting school-level planning, instructional improvement, and staff 
development, (2) increasing the academic achievement levels of all 
children and particularly educationally disadvantaged children, and (3) 
achieving as ongoing conditions in the school the following factors 
identified through effective schools research as distinguishing 
effective from ineffective schools:
        (A) Strong and effective administrative and instructional 
    leadership that creates consensus on instructional goals and 
    organizational capacity for instructional problem solving.
        (B) Emphasis on the acquisition of basic and higher order 
    skills.
        (C) A safe and orderly school environment that allows teachers 
    and pupils to focus their energies on academic achievement.
        (D) A climate of expectation that virtually all children can 
    learn under appropriate conditions.
        (E) Continuous assessment of students and programs to evaluate 
    the effects of instruction.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title VI, Sec. 6003, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3707.)
