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No Child Left Behind

Sheri Van Meter

Instructor Christina Hilger

October, 6 2014

 A research paper can anyone help me make it sound better

No Child Left Behind has done more to get teachers and students to hate school than anything else. Because it shortens children's attention span. Teachers have been forced to hit certain areas of the curriculum like math and reading, and writing so hard that there is no time to foster the love of learning anymore. Since the No Child Left behind (NCLB) law took effect in 2002, when President Bush made it in law; it has had a sweeping impact on U.S. Under NCLB, states are required to adopt school accountability systems based on student proficiency on statewide math and reading exams, and to measure proficiency within student subgroups (e.g., students from low-income families, students with limited English proficiency). (Randall Reback, 2014)

No Child Left behind Act supporters are having a difficult time defending the law and its sanctions. While research suggests mixed results in testing, the No Child Left Behind Act adversely impacts states and educators by costing an enormous amount of money, adding stress on teachers in already stressful environments, and forcing teachers to produce grade level test scores for all students or risk losing their jobs.

Although it is good to have some sort of accountability, NCLB has not done what is needed to be done to achieve that goal. All though No Child Left Behind has some wonderful goals and aspirations: the student achievement gap, makes public schools accountable, set standards of excellence for every child, and put a qualified teacher in every classroom. NCLB has been extremely controversial from its inception. Critics charge the NCLB has led educators to shift resources away from important but no tested subjects, such as social studies, art, and music and to focus instructions within mathematics and reading on the relatively narrow set of topics that are most heavily represented on the high- stakes tests. (Dee & A., 2010)

With the Black and Latino community they are sometimes discriminate against in a lot of school. The focus on increased accountability through testing and the stronger emphasis on reading in grades K-3 pose the greatest threats and place black and Latino students in imminent educational danger. In many ways, this legislation has the potential to maintain a system in which the majority of blacks and Latinos never achieve full economic or socio-political parity. (Paul, 2004). When talking to one of the teachers she said that they are held accountable for the students learning and passing their tests; when asked what about when the kids that does not show up to school? She could not answer the question because a lot of other teachers think that the parents should be countable but it is hard when NCLB does not include the parents.

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). President Bush put into effect in 2001 states that all states have to make standards and then test their children to make sure that they are learning those standards. The law also states that each year, more and more children have to pass the tests, until in 2014 when ALL children will be passing. This tests cording the NCLBA.

The children that attend schools with unequal and inadequate resources cannot be said to have equal educational opportunity and access one of the major reasons these children attend schools with inadequate resources is tied to the manner in which revenue is generated at the local level to support the public education system. Much of a school district’s funding is tied to revenue from property taxes assessed in the community. Generally, schools in high-poverty districts are unable to raise enough money from property taxes to adequately support the local school system. Consequently, schools—and children—in the high-poverty districts suffer. (James, 2009)

Every year that a school doesn’t raise the number of students, who pass the tests, the school will be greatly penalized. Failing schools lose more and more money each year they are labeled as “failing”. How can we expect all children to succeed when the teachers, especially of our poorest and most needy, aren’t given the means to supply them with basic learning supplies? Some people say we need to have their parents supply it. But most of our parents can't afford to buy the school supplies.

Conclusion- Although with educators it is hard when a school does not have the funding to buy new books; having seen in the schools around me they use photo copy’s form a book because they just don’t have they founds to buy enough for all their student. picking my son up from school and one of his classmates had a school book that was at least four to six years old how sad is that? understanding the NCLB needs to get those schools founds for those who need it the most instead of putting it towards football or any sport that don’t need it Schools have to get their students to pass a certain test just to keep federal money coming in so the school can stay open.. Ultimately, education is a local issue and educational achievement has been declining since the federal goverment decided to lend a hand. The NCLB should have a branch dedicated too kids after school and before school life to better help them be more interested and focused in school by helping remove or elevate outside of school stress.

Ashford University Library

References

Dee, T. S., & A., B. (2010). The Impact of No Child Left Behind. 60.

James, R. R. ( 2009). How to mend a broken act: recapturing those Left Behind by No Child Left Behind.

Paul, D. G. (2004). The train has left: the No Child Left Behind Act leaves black and Latino.

Randall Reback, J. R. (2014). Under Pressure: Job Security, Resource Allocation,. 36.