On leaving no child behind.
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, the most ambitious federal education statute in decades, has become an extremely controversial issue. It seeks to increase overall pupil achievement, reduce a variety of “learning gaps,” and guarantee every student a “highly qualified teacher,” but the m...
| Publicado en: | Public Interest no. 157; pp. 35 - 57 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Public Interest
Fall 2004
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=504009713&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 504009713 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00333557 PBI jtl: Public Interest issn: 00333557 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Fall 2004 iid: 157 pid: 274 pub: Public Interest artinfo: ui: 504009713 ppf: 35 ppct: 22 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.1MB tig: atl: On leaving no child behind. aug: au: Finn, Chester E. Hess, Frederick M. su: United States politics & government Educational standards Education & politics Education policy United States education system No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 sug: subj: United States politics & government Educational standards Education & politics Education policy United States education system No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 ab: The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, the most ambitious federal education statute in decades, has become an extremely controversial issue. It seeks to increase overall pupil achievement, reduce a variety of “learning gaps,” and guarantee every student a “highly qualified teacher,” but the motivating factor behind it is a groundbreaking attempt to introduce a results-based accountability regime to public schools throughout the United States. It is too soon to judge NCLB's efficacy or forecast its ultimate fate, but it is possible to offer preliminary assessments of the workability of some of its key provisions and to recommend necessary repairs. Indeed, there is a real danger that the public discontent and professional animosities engendered by a number of its problematic aspects could undermine its many meritorious features. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|