Can No Child Left Behind get worse?
Hawaii Reporter
by Dan Lips and Evan Feinberg
09/20/07
Congress is considering the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, but parents and taxpayers shouldn’t get their hopes up. An early draft of the new NCLB bill suggests that congressional leaders are working to make the already flawed program worse. The House Education and Labor Committee’s plan would allow states to incorporate ‘multiple indicators’ into their testing systems. Schools that fail to meet state benchmarks on reading and math tests could earn ‘extra credit’ — and escape school reform requirements — if their students perform well in other areas, such as graduation rates and college preparation...
http://tinyurl.com/3befyz
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=no+child+left+behind
by Dan Lips and Evan Feinberg
09/20/07
Congress is considering the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, but parents and taxpayers shouldn’t get their hopes up. An early draft of the new NCLB bill suggests that congressional leaders are working to make the already flawed program worse. The House Education and Labor Committee’s plan would allow states to incorporate ‘multiple indicators’ into their testing systems. Schools that fail to meet state benchmarks on reading and math tests could earn ‘extra credit’ — and escape school reform requirements — if their students perform well in other areas, such as graduation rates and college preparation...
http://tinyurl.com/3befyz
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=no+child+left+behind
rudkla - 21. Sep, 13:26
