Ward, Elisabeth D., et al. "A Pilot Study of Teachers' Perceptions of No Child Left behind and Common Core Standards." Researcher: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, Spring2014, pp. 71-88. EBSCOhost, lrcproxy.iccms.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true& db.=a9h&AN=119809962&site=ends-live. The No Child Left Behind Act was highly criticized by teachers in Mississippi when it was passed by congress in 2001. While the purpose of the act was to improve educational equality, research shows that it did just the opposite. The act proposed that teachers and administrators would receive higher pay for high student scores or could be fired for low student scores. Educators believed
Ward, Elisabeth D., et al. "A Pilot Study of Teachers' Perceptions of No Child Left behind and Common Core Standards." Researcher: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, Spring2014, pp. 71-88. EBSCOhost, lrcproxy.iccms.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true& db.=a9h&AN=119809962&site=ends-live. The No Child Left Behind Act was highly criticized by teachers in Mississippi when it was passed by congress in 2001. While the purpose of the act was to improve educational equality, research shows that it did just the opposite. The act proposed that teachers and administrators would receive higher pay for high student scores or could be fired for low student scores. Educators believed