NO CHILDLEFTBEHINDBy Rebekah WilliamsEduc 560 – Contemporary IssuesNorthwest Christian UniversityMay 8, 2013

TEXT OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a government program created to help disadvantaged students in the public schools across the nation. The NCLB Act “amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise Title I as Improving the Academic Performance of the Disadvantaged (currently Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards).” (Library of Congress, 2001)

HISTORICAL ELEMENTSHOW FAR BACK DOES IT GO?

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) 1965 ‘War on Poverty’

Brown v. Board of Education 1954 “Separate but Equal”

PEOPLE AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ISSUE Bill Clinton

ESEA Not reauthorized Law rolled over for extra year

George Bush Signed NCLB into law

Effective 2002

TERMS TO KNOW Adequate Yearly

Progress

Mandatory Testing

Proficiency

SPECIFIC DATA ANALYSIS

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

Category 4

02468

101214

DropoutsHS DiplomaCollege Degree

BENCHMARK TIMELINES

100% PROFICIENCY BY THE YEAR 2013

Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 40

20406080

100120

School 1School 2School 3

HOW DOES THIS EFFECT THE TEACHER

Student Achievement and Achievement Gaps

State Mandatory Testing Title 1 Funding

IMPORTANT FACTORS Test Based Accountability

Flexibility for Spending

More Choices for Students and Parents

NATURE OF NATIONAL DEBATE

Terms and Definitions Adequate Yearly Progress Proficiency

Identifying Schools for Improvement Title 1 Consequences for No Improvement

EVIDENCE OF THIS DO I SEE TODAY

Education Major

Substitute

Full-Time Teacher

WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT NOW?

Educators want 100% proficiency to instead look at individual growth as the true definition of closing the achievement gap.

WHAT IMPACT MIGHT THE ISSUE HAVE IN THE FUTURE?

Widening Achievement Gaps

Eliminating Curriculum

Test Taking Abilities v. True Knowledge

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED? Educators, States, and Lawmakers have

a common goal.

Everyone needs clear definitions.

Increasing proficiency is the true goal, even if 100% is looked at as an impossible goal.

REFE

REN

CES

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