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No Child Left Behind

No Child Left Behind . Kristen Wieland, Briana Calvano, Victoria Girman and Eileen Pape. Credentials of NCLB . States must test at least 95 % of students with disabilities. Specified that states could use other methods of assessment. Highly qualified teachers must be hired .

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No Child Left Behind

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  1. No Child Left Behind Kristen Wieland, Briana Calvano, Victoria Girman and Eileen Pape

  2. Credentials of NCLB • States must test at least 95 % of students with disabilities. • Specified that states could use other methods of assessment. • Highly qualified teachers must be hired . • Response-to-Intervention process involved in providing intervention services for students. • Those students could be referred for special education.

  3. Positives Negatives • Standards are set for teacher qualifications. • "Scientific-based research" • Emphasizes reading, writing and math. • Close the achievement gap. • Equal education • Teachers teach to the test • Schools are labeled as failures • No recognition • High drop out rate • Federal Underfunding • Tenure

  4. Waiting for Superman • Lemon Dance - never ending cycle • Lottery- chancing education • Charter Schools • Teachers waiting for trial in the “waiting room” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VihlsPKMh4U

  5. South Korea • The aims of education at the high school level are stated as “to foster each students personality and ability needed to preserve and strengthen the backbone of the nation. • To develop e students knowledge and skills to prepare them for jobs needed in society • To promote each students autonomy emotional development and critical thinking abilities to be brought to bear in and out of school • To improve physical strength and foster a sound mind. • National Curriculum- revised every 5 to 10 years

  6. Finland • No private schools in Finland • No one is allowed to charge for tuition • Every person in Finland has attended school • “Values equality more than excellence” • One standardized test at the end of high school • No competition • Children by age 15 can speak up to 4 languages • “Accountability is something that is left when responsibility has been subtract “ –Salhberg • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYHWpRR4yc

  7. What Needs to Happen • Teach to be life long learners • No more competition • National curriculum • Get rid of tenure • Correct distribution of money

  8. References • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VihlsPKMh4U • http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-rankings-maths-science-reading • http://usliberals.about.com/od/education/i/NCLBProsCons_2.htm • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYHWpRR4yc • http:// • www.theatlantic .com/national/archive • http”//asiasociety.org/education/learning-world-south-korean-education

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