No Child Left Behind Act

Are there cultural differences in learning styles between American and Finish school systems? Education in America is constantly changing. With acts like No Child Left Behind being passed in Congress, and county governed education boards adjusting mandated school curricula, American education is always under construction. Despite frequent developments, American education ranks slightly higher than average worldwide, in the 20th place on a list created by Fair Reporters (The Best Education).…

audacious decisions are they are the best decision leader can make. These sources provide useful and practical guidance for making efficient and effective decisions in any classroom. However, No Child Left Behind is a very controversial federal law goal is to bring all students up to proficient level. The act suggests certain improvements to the educational system of the United States to be met and schools make annual yearly progress, but there are a lot of stimulation placed on schools in…

The No Child Left Behind Act, enacted by President George W. Bush, places more attention on core subjects with standardized tests, and therefore decreases the amount of attention given to the arts. Like the No Child Left Behind Act, the Common Core Standards, implemented in 46 states, emphasize standardized test subjects, excluding the arts in its main focus. Both, NCLB…

Does today’s students really benefit from standardized testing? Is it hurting our nation’s ability produce newer and better thinkers? Many people across the United States are arguing over this issue. In 2001 George W. Bush passed the No Child Left Behind Act which required states to set standardized assessments for students. This was set in order to measure each student’s abilities and set a guide line for everyone. Many people would grow to like this idea very much, and the others disliked it…

NCLB: THE POLICY The initial lines of H.R. 1, defines it as an act, “to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind.” This definition grossly oversimplifies an extremely multi-faceted policy. The formulation of NCLB is based on what President Bush identified as the four necessary pillars of education reform. The four principles of NCLB are Accountability; for States, school districts, and schools, Flexibility; for States ad education…

achievement, growth and progress of students. Although the practice of standardized testing has been part of the American schooling fabric for almost two centuries, its use increased rapidly after the introduction of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in 2001 by the Bush administration. This act, according to Ahn & Vigdor (2013) “introduced the first nationwide annual standardized testing requirement for students in third through to eighth grade.” On the one hand, NCLB critics argue that it…

evaluates the curriculum initiative of Direct Interactive Instruction (DII) and its effectiveness in attaining higher scores on state level assessments in math and English. Clement Middle School took on this challenge in hindsight of the No Child Left Behind Initiative in which closing the gap in levels of student performance was seen as the ultimate tool in combating successful academic outcomes. “Educators are always called to consider something new, something that enables students to…

“Nation at Risk” based on SAT scores (Gale, 2015). In 2002 The No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush (Gale, 2015). This law requires are public school students to take yearly exams (Gale, 2015). Under this law the school needs to show consistent improvement year after year (Gale, 2015). If a student is at a low performing school they have the right to change to a higher graded school under the NCLB act (Gale, 2015). Standardized test are used in a variety…

strong democracy" (Glaeser). As we entered the information age in the early 1990s, it became clear that in order for our country to maintain its global leadership role, a radical change to our education system was inevitable. The 2002 "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act was thought to be the answer to our educational woes and has since brought test-based school accountability in education across the country. The purpose of this research paper is to address the effects of the NCLB mandate in…

Standardized assessments have been existent in the education system since the 1800s, but have recently become more significant due to the No Child Left Behind Act signed by President Bush in 2002. (Hout and Elliott) This act made annual standardized testing in all fifty states mandatory. It is believed that this act caused the educational system to become flawed. (Hout and Elliott) It caused students in the United States to fall from 18th place in math in the 2000s to a surprising…