Negative Effects Of No Child Left Behind

No Child Left Behind did not have a positive effect on teaching students with disabilities. Having teachers be highly qualified is a positive, but the negative is that there is no clear definition. The testing of special needs students is not right because even with accommodations they may still do poorly. In addition, not having the right professionals to proctor these students puts them at a disadvantage. The Reading First program was a positive idea, but it did not produce better scores on standardized tests in reading.
No Child Left Behind required that all students, regardless of ability, become proficient in reading and mathematics by the year 2014 (Wei, 2012). The rigor of this type of accountability hoped to provide an incentive for teachers to teach better. In addition, the law hoped the stricter standards would help improve Title I schools from failing, which has a major effect on the students with disabilities (Wei, 2012). In low performing schools, the amount of students with disabilities increased, so the teachers …show more content…
This is the one area that, if students do not excel in, will have dire consequences on how they perform in school. This trickledown effect is present when looking at No Child Left Behind, and the Reading First program. The program called for all students to read well by the third grade (Odland, 2007). The money received by the states is a heling hand to make this happen (Odland, 2007). Without achieving fluency, children cannot be expected to perform well on standardized tests. This s because standardized tests require proficient reading, even in mathematics when students are expected to solve word problems. This funding to help students read better did a major service to them, in particular the students living in the inner cities with high dropout rates. The funding given to schools by No Child Left Behind gave all students a chance to succeed in school, and afterwards (Odland,