School Daze: No Child Left Behind - ASK THE EXPERT

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/02/education_scorecard.html

The No Child Left Behind Act—the latest reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965—passed in 2001 with bipartisan agreement over two things: the need for the education reforms laid out in law, and the need for adequate resources to support the major reforms that it was asking states and districts to undertake.

The first goal was met, but seven years later, the second still has not. Congress passed President Bush's law, but the president has not kept up his side of the bargain, and the lack of funding for implementation has severely hampered the law's popularity and efficacy. Because the presidential election is in full swing, some analysts and commentators are now expressing skepticism about whether the law will be reauthorized this year.

Important changes are surely needed to make the No Child Left Behind more effective, but the law has led to progress in improving achievement for all students, particularly low-income and minority children. Rather than scrapping the law entirely, President Bush and lawmakers should step up this year and commit to making it more effective.

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[favoritefoods]

Oh, please.....NCLB is a BAD Act.

[cancercrab08]

Scap it!

[sk8pn]

@KIFulgore holy crap thats ineffective

[boooooby01]

The Center for American Progress (The organization that paid for this video) is simply a mouth piece for the teachers unions. The increased funding that they are demanding gets skimmed off in raises for teachers and administrators. Be very wary when you hear the teachers unions or their minions talking about increased funding. The money is not going to benefit children/students.

[KIFulgore]

Oh yes, the only thing wrong with NCLB is lack of "funding" and "incentives." Yeah, right. We need more "programs" and "support."

Then why can charter schools spend $3000 on students and outperform public schools that are spending $10000+?

[4G64TurboSpyder]

...if the stupid can't hack simple learning or don't show the initiative to want to learn, which is the actual problem for the majority of low-testing schools, then leave em behind. I believe the Evolutionary theory calls this "Survival of the Fittest" lol.

[samiemma]

Test score numbers are poor measures of what teachers know and can do.

NCLB should require performance exhibitions, portfolios and authentic assessments to supplement the poor accountability of only abstractions such as test scores.

[meganart]

WHAT A BUNCH OF BULLSHIIIIT

[fnstpl]

bullshit

[GuitarDudeX]

Everyone is "Blah-Blah-Blahing" about the NCLB act, everyone is talking about it, debating it, wanting to revise it, reauthorize it, fund it, etc.. etc... EVERYONE is talking about it and is going to do something about it..... Everyone EXCEPT for the TEACHERS!!! The Teachers are The "Experts". The Teachers know what their students need. The teachers should get to have a BIG say in this matter, but we're just TOLD what to do. Not asked what we SHOULD do. All for very low pay.

[vianka127]

In the past Special Ed. students and none or limited English students were exempted from national standardized tests. How can students who can't test at regular classroom standards be expected to test. These groups being included are pulling scoring school scores down everywhere and is causing major stress to schools. NCLB needs to exclude these students until they can test and leave Special Ed. completely out. ELL students have there own tests that monitor their progress.