No Child Left Behind Act Leaves Educators Struggling. Robert Dodge.
by Dodge, Robert; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 18Institutions. Publisher: Dallas Morning News, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Academic achievement | Children of immigrants -- Education | Competency based education | Education and state | Educational accountability | Educational change | Educational law and legislation | Educational tests and measurements | English as a second language | No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | Pennsylvania | Politics and education | School management and organization | TeachersDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The No Child Left Behind Act is seen as the most significant and sweeping change in federal education policy since a 1965 act that focused attention on disadvantaged students. And the latest effort is the bipartisan product of nearly two decades of rising dissatisfaction with deteriorating academic performance in the nation's elementary and secondary schools....The new regimen requires students to show progress on tests, teachers to improve their credentials and administrators to deal with the consequences if their charges fail to perform." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article discusses the extraordinary efforts educators are taking to comply with the new education policy and includes opinions of critics and supporters of the law.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: No Child Left Behind Act Leaves Educators Struggling, Aug. 11, 2003; pp. n.p..
"The No Child Left Behind Act is seen as the most significant and sweeping change in federal education policy since a 1965 act that focused attention on disadvantaged students. And the latest effort is the bipartisan product of nearly two decades of rising dissatisfaction with deteriorating academic performance in the nation's elementary and secondary schools....The new regimen requires students to show progress on tests, teachers to improve their credentials and administrators to deal with the consequences if their charges fail to perform." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article discusses the extraordinary efforts educators are taking to comply with the new education policy and includes opinions of critics and supporters of the law.
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