In this article, she notes back to the No Child Left Behind act that was passed in 2002. She says, “NCLB seems to have transferred this problem from students to teachers… Under NCLB, teachers feel pressured to focus their energies solely on preparing students to excel on standardized tests.” It is not about teaching to test, yet, teachers have come to the conclusion that there is no other option if they want to keep their jobs secured, even though it could be harming the students of the twenty first century public school
In this article, she notes back to the No Child Left Behind act that was passed in 2002. She says, “NCLB seems to have transferred this problem from students to teachers… Under NCLB, teachers feel pressured to focus their energies solely on preparing students to excel on standardized tests.” It is not about teaching to test, yet, teachers have come to the conclusion that there is no other option if they want to keep their jobs secured, even though it could be harming the students of the twenty first century public school