No Child Left Behind

1. No Child Left Behind Amber Humphries Graham Hayes Amy Harvey Kate Bloom

2. Do the positive attributes of NCLB outweigh the negative consequences of the act? • “If a nations expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” -Thomas Jefferson, 1816 • Taken from the introduction of the NCLB bill

3. Effects on Schools and Administration • States must produce annual state and school district report cards that inform parents and communities about state and school progress. • http://www.myscschools.com/reportcard/2004/high/h4603017.pdf • States, districts, and schools must assess 95% of students overall, and in every subgroup.

4. Effects on Schools and Administration (cont.) • Schools that do not make progress must provide supplemental services, such as free tutoring or after-school assistance. • If progress is not made school wide in five years, the school will be closed and reopened as a charter school.

5. Effects on Schools and Administration (cont.) • School Rewards • Successful schools that have made the greatest progress in improving the achievement of disadvantaged students will be recognized and rewarded with “No Child Left Behind” bonuses.

6. Effects on Teachers • Requires every teacher to be “highly qualified.” • Every teacher to hold full licensure by 2005. • By requiring highly qualified teachers, NCLB might raise class size. • The required testing takes away valuable class time and forces teachers to teach the test.

7. Effects on Teachers • The testing can show the students’ weak areas, implementing reflective teaching practices. • Forces teachers to use teaching methods scientifically proven to increase student achievement.

8. Effects on Students • Pros: • $1 billion a year over 5 years to strengthen public schools • Students scores on reading and math tests are rising • Achievement gaps between whites and minorities is closing • Children enjoy the benefits of well-qualified teachers • By school year 2005-2006 every child grade 3-8 will be tested annually in reading and math • By 2007-2008 science testing will be added

9. Effects on Students • Cons • By year 2014 100% of students in every state must score ‘proficient’ on state tests • means all subgroups in schools must make the same dramatic progress as the student body as a whole • in 2003 in Washington DC their reading goal was 32% & only 4 out of 5 schools met this goal • tests for disabled and limited English children is unfair and unworkable • cutting time in teaching science, social studies, art, music, to make time for reading and math

10. References • http://www.rda.aps.edu • http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/no-child-left-behind.html • http://www.ed.gov/nclb/accountability/index.html?src=ov • http://0-web5.infotrac.galegroup.com.library.winthrop.edu/itw/infomark/679/896/64427770w5/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A130342842&dyn=3!xrn_12_0_A130342842?sw_aep=winthropudl

11. References • http://www.isbe.state.il.us/nclb/default.htm • http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/080203Rose/080203rose.html • http://www.pathsoflearning.org/library/NCLB.cfm • http://www.showmenews.com/2005/Mar/20050324News017.asp