Report Card on NCLB

[central scrutinizer]

It's not good -

http://www.fairtest.org/Failing_Our_Children_Report.html

excerpt:

Two-Year Report Card on Federal Education Reform:
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND IS "FAILING OUR CHILDREN"
FALSE ASSUMPTIONS, ARBITRARY RULES HURT SCHOOL QUALITY, EQUITY
NEW ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL PROPOSED TO IMPROVE CLASSROOMS

The first two years of implementation of the controversial "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) law have damaged education quality and equity because of the law's incorrect assumptions and arbitrary requirements, according to a 170-page report released today. In addition to critiquing NCLB, Failing Our Children by the National Center for Fair & Open Testing outlines a fundamentally different approach to assessment and accountability that the authors say would better promote needed school reforms.

"The current federal law is aggravating, not solving, the real problems that cause many children to be left behind," explained FairTest Executive Director, Monty Neill, the report's lead author. "NCLB must be thoroughly overhauled if the federal government is to make a useful contribution to enhancing the quality of education in U.S. schools, particularly for low-income and minority group students."

end excerpt.

the complete report is available as a PDF at the above website.

[Crankie Avalon]

1. Oh, no--not another o' them thar report cards!

Whoooooo, doggies!

Yeppers, them thar tests and report cards sure used to make me a nervous nellie back when I was a schoolster. That's why them thar tests might not be a reliabilical indicationer of what's actually goin' on.

These here elitists don't understand the problem is a simple breakdown in the family. If these kids had daddies that stuck around and exerted their influenza like my ol' daddy did, these young 'uns would be pulling solid "C's" right through Yale graduations like yours truly, I reckon.