YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Unanticipated Impacts of the No Child Left Behind Act
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Act introduces as many problems into the educational arena as it does solutions. Two of the more controversial of its provision...
implications that definitely go against the grain of some long-established educational practices. Given the problematic n...
and kill" tactics that teach "to the test," i.e., focusing on specific methods that are designed to aid students in achieving high...
only twenty-four. The difference in age is negligible but even for students who are considered adults under the law, there is a co...
educational setting in recent years including the focus on the role of the educator, the need for accuracy in testing, and the int...
The call for accountability on a state and national level has been reflected in the increasing concentration on standardized testi...
3. If true, what is the worth of the programs, such as CTE, being dropped? Chapter 2 : Literature Review Various educational data...
This 4 page paper provides an overview of the issue of the No Child Left Behind Act and relates the major factors influencing thos...
yearly progress (AYP) goals, they could face corrective action on the part of the federal government, including lost federal fundi...
was signed into law on January 8, 2002 by President Bush. The bill was initiated by the president and written as a bi-partisan act...
Annotated Bibliography About.com. (2011, Mar 7). Patty Murray...
actually based on true and accurate assumptions of how actual learning takes place. Many scholars, such as Johnson, argue that the...
* NCLB mandates states and schools to fund programs that have been shown to help all children learn, i.e., use research-based prog...
firsthand input when programs are ripe for change. "Parents, armed with data, are the best forces of accountability in education"...
twenty-eight percent in 2004, up from eight percent in 2003 (Robelon, 2004) - who believe that contemporary society has a signific...
positive outlook inherent to Appreciative Inquiry - defined as "extending an action research continuum that ranges from more tradi...
the ability to provide other opportunities, other than those dictated, to the teachers in their pursuit of becoming more qualified...
standardized testing in high schools" (Frampton, 2006). In relationship to the Partnership for Reading, the website indicates it...
black-white achievement gap in fifth-grade mathematics narrowed by seven percentage points" among others (NCLB making a difference...
contends that by including parents in the overall educational aspect provides a hands-on approach to fortifying existing programs,...
inclusive approach looks at the group as a whole and distributes products and benefits equally. De Beaugrande (1999) explains tha...
despite the optimistic revulsion there is still concern. Research conducted by universities into the level of literacy and numerou...
and emerging trend towards standardization in curriculum, instruction and assessment. Background Contemporary soci...
Standards and Accountability; Improving Literacy by Putting Reading First; Improving Teacher Quality; Improving Math and Science I...
qualifications (2004). While teacher qualification is something that many have paid attention to, and this is something that No C...
Kerry further thinks that due to the demands foisted on the nation by the presence of a new global economy, all children must rea...
has not sufficiently supplemented the needy systems with cash. In essence, schools continue to fail not because they do not want t...
Act requires schools and school districts to improve annually, which is to be demonstrate by standardized testing processes for gr...
to use this opportunity to strengthen and streamline their certification requirements to make sure that talented individuals are n...
accelerate reading skills among elementary students. This goal has been necessitated by the prevalence of students who were passi...