What To Do About NCLB
Three separate lines of inquiry provide evidence that existing accountability systems have led to larger gains than expected in a world without them. At the same time, accountability is a relatively new invention, and it needs to be refined and improved.
Few States Set World-Class Standards
In fact, most render the notion of proficiency meaningless
In fact, most render the notion of proficiency meaningless
Evidence Doesn’t Support Investment in School Turnaround Efforts
New school start ups and replications of high performing charter school models provide a better solution
The Ordeal of Equality
If Secretary Duncan is serious about “listening” to ideas for the next ESEA reauthorization (aka “fixing what’s wrong with NCLB”), he would do well to start with this important and depressing book.
Arne Duncan’s Planned Speech Shows Obama Administration Slowly Wading into NCLB
Secretary Duncan makes clear that he’s in no hurry to dive deep into NCLB. He’s inviting more input and advice as to how to set it right. (Never mind that there’s already a five-foot shelf of books and studies regarding NCLB’s shortcomings and needed repairs.)
New Ed Next Podcast: What Congress Is Not Working On
Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. discuss the week’s education news in a brand new podcast. This week they gab about NCLB, and consider whether the law will be reauthorized by 2014, which is the deadline for all students to achieve proficiency. Click here to get to the podcast.
What Congress Is Not Working On
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. gab about NCLB this week, and consider whether the law will be reauthorized by 2014, which is the deadline for all students to achieve proficiency.
High Achieving Kids Need Options, Too
On Friday, Tom Loveless and I published an op-ed in the New York Times that argued that our nation’s highest-achieving students are only making minimal gains in the era of NCLB, while low-achieving students have made huge strides since 2000.
Education Next Forum on the Future of No Child Left Behind: Mend It? Or End It?
Education Scholars Diane Ravitch and John E. Chubb Debate the Pros and Cons of the Controversial Federal Education Policy. Read the full article, The Future of No Child Left Behind, with Diane Ravitch and John E. Chubb
Accountability Left Behind
U.S. Court of Appeals sides with the NEA, would free districts from NCLB requirements
U.S. Court of Appeals sides with the NEA, would free districts from NCLB requirements
The Right Republican Strategy
“By…[selecting] the youths of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the State of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated.” —Thomas Jefferson, 1782 “We need to challenge the soft bigotry of [...]
The NCLB Restruct-a-tron
Does the law’s great big machine for overhauling schools produce anything worthwhile?
Does the law’s great big machine for overhauling schools produce anything worthwhile?
The Politics of No Child Left Behind
The scene in January 2002 was a civics text come to life. Flanked by jubilant members of Congress and standing in front of a cheering crowd, President George W. Bush declared the start of a “new era” in American public education with the signing of the No Child Left Behind Act. The new law represented [...]
Puzzled States
The success of the No Child Left Behind Act largely depends on the states' willingness and ability to implement the law. Will Washington grant them a hearing?
In January 2002, President George W. Bush signed a comprehensive revision of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Known popularly as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress, this new legislation promises an important shift in efforts at all levels to improve the quality of [...]
Exploring the Costs of Accountability
No Child Left Behind is no unfunded mandate
No Child Left Behind is no unfunded mandate
Driving Change
A progress report on urban school districts’ efforts to execute the mandates of No Child Left Behind
A progress report on urban school districts’ efforts to execute the mandates of No Child Left Behind
One Child at a Time
An inside look at one city’s efforts to offer families the opportunities promised by No Child Left Behind
An inside look at one city’s efforts to offer families the opportunities promised by No Child Left Behind
Inadequate Yearly Progress
Unlocking the Secrets of NCLB
As almost everyone knows by now, the central aim of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law is to make every public-school student proficient in reading and math by the year 2014. It is a laudable goal, as the overwhelmingly bipartisan congressional support for the legislation in 2001 proved. The law’s drafters even had the [...]
