No Child Left Behind Act

For decades Diane Ravitch was a tremendous supporter and proponent of school reform, advocating for government and privatized educational reforms such as America 2000, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), accountability, and charter schools. The ideas of reconstructing and reorganizing the public school system seemed like it was too good to be true; and Ravitch realized that this vision was in fact just that. Through Ravitch’s experiences, she has been exposed to the truth of the reforms that took…

and has a big effect on the academic path of students. II. However, standardized testing should be completely removed from schools and the college admissions process. The goal of the No Child Left Behind Act was to improve the education system. Studies show that actually the complete opposite happened. The Act didn’t meet its goal at all. According to standardizedtests.procon.org, “US students slipped from being ranked 18th in the world in math in 2000 to 27th in 2012, with a similar decline…

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…

Standardize test is a waste of time and money. Standardize testing really kicked off when George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2001. Standardized test originated from China but did not take full effect until George W. Bush signed the NCLB. When it first came out it multiple choice and short answer but later on it came into the open ended question. School should eliminate standardize test. First,President Ronald Reagan called for the abolition of the U.S. Department of…

schools using standardized tests because of government interference and the tests being rigid and inflexible. The most obvious issues of standardized testing in America can be attributed to two government acts: Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind. Passed in 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act holds schools accountable through yearly math and reading tests. If schools were to repeatedly fail, they would be shut down. Likewise the Race to the Top program encourages schools nationwide to…

Acts disguised as education reform are written with social biases that will affect minority students in much larger numbers than it affects those who are not of color. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 was intended to protect the privacy of all students, but coincidentally falls short for already disadvantaged students. “FERPA allows…

No Child Left Behind was enacted to ensure the success of all American students however; the legislation is in need of drastic reform to truly accomplish this goal. The parameters set forth by the legislation are flawed in numerous areas. The act over emphasizes the results of standardized tests, takes on a one-size fits all approach for failing schools and most importantly, does not provide a valid measure of a student’s real academic progress. Furthermore, teachers are being forced to…

Many minority students face literacy problems and are challenged by culture differences at school. Many minority children speak little to no English or have parents who do not speak any English. This places the child at a detriment, stifles the school to home communication, and puts the child at-risk for academic failure. According to Miller (2003) and the National Research Council (2002), one of the major risks faced by our youth today is that of separation or isolation due to prejudice,…

She states that standardized testing resulted from the No child left behind bill enacted by congress that aimed at ensuring that all children in America would attain free elementary education. Although the author was at the forefront of advocating for this system, she is now opposed to it. The testing system according to the author has been used as a means to close down schools and judge both performance of students and teachers without taking into account other factors. Ravitch states that this…

came to the rescue. This story is happening in our society, but it is a morbid version. Our princess, education, has been poisoned by the deadly poison apple, No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Unlike Snow White, we do not have dwarfs to take care of education, and to this day, our prince, our savior has not yet appeared; she is just left there. NCLB, the poison apple, is what is currently keeping Princess education asleep and impeding its prosperity. In the beginning, NCLB looked like a…