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Title IX, an educational law signed in 1972, was a law designed for the federal school system to prevent discrimination based on gender (justice.gov). At the beginning of the 21st century, this law is back in the spotlight in America today. The controversy now is much different than it was back in the 1970’s. In May of 2016 President Obama ordered all school systems to respect the bathroom choices of transgender students in the U.S. The administration used the threat of losing federal funds…

tests, which are an attempt by the education system to evaluate each student’s knowledge of “key” subjects such as mathematics and reading, and were first introduced at the close of the first World War. However, with the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, students fall prey to extreme stress and anxiety, as well as a narrowing of the curriculum with a sole focus on standardized test subjects. Standardized testing also inflates the achievement gap between middle to upper class…

tests according to Pearson, one of the leading education companies in charge of administering standardized tests for students from third to eighth grade, are a means to understanding what exactly is takes place in a classroom. This entails "why a child might be struggling, succeeding, or accelerating on specific elements of their grade-level standards” (O’Malley). The great controversy of the matter is that proponents of standardized testing argue that standardized tests are fair and objective…

How would you feel if you went to school for four years too specialize in a the field of profession in which you want to work and then somebody who has never done your job tries to tell you tell you how to do it? Pretty annoying right? Then you get punished for not doing well with something when it's not what you were taught to do; that is what happening to a bunch of our teachers in this country due to the common core standards movement. The common core standards movement has become the…

“Elementary and Secondary Education” Act (1965), which was very similar to NCLB except with less federal control over education. The State of Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s website summarizes NCLB by saying “Under the 2002 law, states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8 and once in high school. All students are expected to meet or exceed state standards in reading and math by 2014. The major focus of No Child Left Behind is to close…

“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…

Purpose Statement The purpose of this paper is to examine the no child left behind policy and the effect it has on children. NCLB policy was passed by congress with an overwhelming bipartisan support in 2001 and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Jan. 8, 2002 (Education Week; April 10, 2015). This policy targets children in elementary and secondary school higher learning. This paper will outline the framework and issues of NCLB having on children while in communities. In…

By Patrick Osas Edogiawere University of the people U. S. A. Caucus, White House Open Education Improvement Effort Many years back in Washington D.C, a joint meeting was held between the Congressional Black leaders and President Clinton, collaborated together on a new plan for K-12 education improvements in the U.S (Gale, 2010, p. 69-74) which they all agreed together that such plan will help provide betterment for future accomplishment. The aim of this meeting is to approve…

1. Washington, D.C: Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment (1992) Testing in American School: asking the right questions 40 (14-28) This article is regarding the no child Left Behind act that has seen huge development on standardized testing, it has also recognized that tests are being misused. Although, there has been an indication of mistakes in standardized testing, according to the policies of state and federal regards NCLB that has pressured schools to use…

The “No Child Left Behind” act was signed into existence by President George W. Bush in January of 2002. This act brought the waves of standardized testing that primary and secondary education school students of today take. With the goal of providing a better America for the day of tomorrow in regards to our education system, it is not as clear any more when all that is done at school is test preparation. This paper will go into detail on how standardized testing does more harm than what the…