1. No Child Left Behind and Educational Standards
Although No Child Left Behind (NCLB) had admirable goals, it has actually resulted in dumbing down the American education system. ... "Teaching to the test" altered the way in which teachers teach resulting in lower standards. ... " Many studies examining student boredom report that boredom is not correlated with academic ability, but is associated with tedious activities that hold no meaning for the individual student i.e. teaching to the test (Larson). ... Spending so much time teaching to the test, using teaching methodologies that disengage and bore students lowers academic ...
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