No Child Left Behind Act- NCLB
March 8, 2009
Today’s blog is to explain the No Child Left Behind Act that President George Bush proposed on January 23, 2001. The Act is set to established goals for every student and is trying to ensure that each student gets the proper education required and deserve to succeed in life. In all states the schools are expected to give each child a state test and the students are expected to pass this test. If a certain amount of students fail the test per that school the school will not receive federal funding from the government. In my opinion this can be good or bad. It’s great this act is concentrating on the student and making sure each student gets the required education to achieve their goals but then again it puts so much emphasis on the school passing this test as a whole. I think teachers are focused on teaching this material and getting their students to pass the exam just to meet the states requirements, but is the student really benefiting from so much time being spent on passing an exam? I’ve provided below some websites that explain the act more in depth so you can explore and form your own opinion based on the information you read, also if you want more information check out the books below as well.
Websites
National Education Association
http://www.nea.org/esea/
No Child Left Behind Act
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/nclb/
Book :
Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind by Peter W. D. Wright
Many Children Left Behind
By Deborah Meier, George Harrison Wood
http://books.google.com/books?id=d1kerx8kPawC&dq=No+child+left+behind&printsec=frontcover&source=bll&ots=MPigUbF820&sig=NU80kYelqFjD5x_TEeO65d3F-XA&hl=en&ei=INqzSYH7JZWksAOwrPF7&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=12&ct=result#PPP1,M1
March 8, 2009
Today’s blog is to explain the No Child Left Behind Act that President George Bush proposed on January 23, 2001. The Act is set to established goals for every student and is trying to ensure that each student gets the proper education required and deserve to succeed in life. In all states the schools are expected to give each child a state test and the students are expected to pass this test. If a certain amount of students fail the test per that school the school will not receive federal funding from the government. In my opinion this can be good or bad. It’s great this act is concentrating on the student and making sure each student gets the required education to achieve their goals but then again it puts so much emphasis on the school passing this test as a whole. I think teachers are focused on teaching this material and getting their students to pass the exam just to meet the states requirements, but is the student really benefiting from so much time being spent on passing an exam? I’ve provided below some websites that explain the act more in depth so you can explore and form your own opinion based on the information you read, also if you want more information check out the books below as well.
Websites
National Education Association
http://www.nea.org/esea/
No Child Left Behind Act
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/nclb/
Book :
Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind by Peter W. D. Wright
Many Children Left Behind
By Deborah Meier, George Harrison Wood
http://books.google.com/books?id=d1kerx8kPawC&dq=No+child+left+behind&printsec=frontcover&source=bll&ots=MPigUbF820&sig=NU80kYelqFjD5x_TEeO65d3F-XA&hl=en&ei=INqzSYH7JZWksAOwrPF7&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=12&ct=result#PPP1,M1
Angelica,
ReplyDeleteThis is such a controversial and important topic to discuss and I am glad you brought this subject to the viewer's attention. No Child Left Behind has all the criteria to make it a great law; however, more children are being LEFT behind in the process. I think this law had the reverse effect. Just as you stated in the above blog, many of the teachers are "teaching" to the test and so much learning is being lost. It almost becomes an obsession to strictly adhere to the testing requirements, that teachers and students are losing valuable learning time. I agree that NCLB had good intentions, unfortunately, it was not implemented correctly. I found the websites you provided very resourceful with providing frequently asked questions regarding the school's choices, testing requirements, and how adequate yearly progress (AYP) is determined. All of the information is essential to the law. This information is good for any professional in the field and related fields to understand the process because it affects EVERYONE!
Great post this week. I look forward to reading your next one :)
-Lauren