These reforms express my deep belief in our public schools and their mission to build the mind and character of every child, from every back-round, in every part of America.
President George W. Bush.
January 2001.
Policy Description.
On Jan. 8, 2002, President Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind act of 2001. The act is the most sweeping reform of the Elementary and 2ndary Education Act since ESEA was enacted in 1965. It is based on four basic principles: stronger accountability for results, increased flexibility and local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on teaching methods that have been proven to work. Bush stresses teacher quality and the recruitment of qualified teachers in this Act. According to reports if there are more qualified teachers in the classrooms student performances increase. Bush's Act states that we recruit college graduates fresh from college and place them where they are certified to teach. .
Within this policy every school will be given a national test annually to provide to each student. This test will consist of information that every student is expected to know and comprehended up to that level. These tests will make the schools accountable for the performance of every student and the improvement of the school as a whole.
This will also help to provide insight into which schools are in need of more attention and better educators. Also the results of the testing must be broken down into certain categories: poverty, race and ethnicity, disability, and limited English proficiency so that no group is left behind.
History .
The demand for education is contagious and readily transferred from generation to generation. Parents want more and better schooling for their children than they had ever had. The federal government has put its best foot forward to help with citizens who need extra money for their education. Thanks to the G.I. Bill, National Defense Education Act, and The Elementary and 2ndary Education Act many Americans have been able to reach higher education.
Whether we agree with the NCLB or not, it is here for now. ... By doing this, states can find the loopholes to get by the NCLB Act. ... Here in Ohio, the impact of the NCLB Act is already being felt. ... The preliminary effects of the NCLB Act are definite being felt here in Ohio. ... I have very mixed feelings on the NCLB. ...
In the No Child left Behind Act, or NCLB(an English foundation), some schools are only funded for core subjects. ... Also, since the NCLB doesn't have a set standard for assessment, states can choose their own tests as long as everyone in the state takes the same one. Some states are even lowering their standards so it looks like their students are improving because the NCLB gives bonuses to schools that improve their scores on the assessments. ... Going back to the NCLB, the government has absolutely no plan for students that ace the assessments. ...
The NCLB (No The Child Left Behind) act prioritized math and reading, demanding an overall increase in proficiency. ... The NCLB beget change, no doubt, but the change was not positive. ... Instead of promoting change in the classroom, the NCLB increased population in prisons. ... So far, the educational reform enacted by the NCLB has only hindered real education. Children in poverty achieved poorly in school before NCLB became law. ...
Although No Child Left Behind (NCLB) had admirable goals, it has actually resulted in dumbing down the American education system. ... NCLB was enacted in 2002 in order that all students be exposed to the same academic content and measured by the same standards. ... It was the goal of NCLB to equalize education. ... NCLB testing does not hold the same significance for students as it does for the teachers and schools. Students do not buy into the NCLB sanctions. ...
NCLB mandated high-stakes tests for all states, and imposed a carrots-and-sticks strategy of rewards and punishments if test scores were not consistently high. ... The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) has shown little improvement in the years under NCLB (Ravitch, 2011). Nichols, Glass, and Berliner's (2012) study about the NAEP test scores in reading and math pre- and post-NCLB concluded that students were making greater gains in math before NCLB legislation than after it; reading achievement has been unchanged pre- and post-NCLB. ... One premise of NCLB legislation was th...
The NCLB Act basically supports a system of challenging state standards in the core subjects of reading and mathematics for students from the third grade to the eighth grade level. ... The NCLB Act is an important issue because it is an answer to help remedy the problem of poor performance of today's children in school. ... The ESEA is still in effect; however, the NCLB Act is an extension to help effectively carry out the intentions to improve the quality of education. ...
Lewis writes in her February 2003 article that under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act "high-quality teachers are good test takers - but not necessarily anything more" (Lewis 2003). She goes on stating that under NCLB, what a teacher is all about comes down to the performance on a single test (Lewis 2003). ... She begins by describing what exactly entailed in the NCLB Act. ... There are three major points given to support changing the NCLB act. ... She invokes feelings that maybe the NCLB Act should have been evaluated more and tested before it was passed. ...
Scholarly research shows that the emphasis placed on testing and standards, mandated by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, is causing teachers to focus entirely on basic skills in reading, writing, and math (Banks & Banks, 2010). ... Thus, the problem and question for me become, how do we as educators maintain excellence and equity in our teaching through multicultural education, in the face of the standards and mandates set by NCLB and our state, so that no student-of any group-is left behind? ... All Students Left Behind NCLB was passed with a goal of closing the achievement gap between...