No Child Left Behind

Amber HumphriesGraham Hayes

Amy HarveyKate Bloom

Do the positive attributes of NCLB outweigh the negative

consequences of the act?

• “If a nations expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” -Thomas Jefferson, 1816

• Taken from the introduction of the NCLB bill

Effects on Schools and Administration

• States must produce annual state and school district report cards that inform parents and communities about state and school progress.

• http://www.myscschools.com/reportcard/2004/high/h4603017.pdf

• States, districts, and schools must assess 95% of students overall, and in every subgroup.

Effects on Schools and Administration (cont.)

• Schools that do not make progress must provide supplemental services, such as free tutoring or after-school assistance.

• If progress is not made school wide in five years, the school will be closed and reopened as a charter school.

Effects on Schools and Administration (cont.)

• School Rewards– Successful schools that have made the

greatest progress in improving the achievement of disadvantaged students will be recognized and rewarded with “No Child Left Behind” bonuses.

Effects on Teachers

• Requires every teacher to be “highly qualified.”

• Every teacher to hold full licensure by 2005.

• By requiring highly qualified teachers, NCLB might raise class size.

• The required testing takes away valuable class time and forces teachers to teach the test.

Effects on Teachers

• The testing can show the students’ weak areas, implementing reflective teaching practices.

• Forces teachers to use teaching methods scientifically proven to increase student achievement.

Effects on Students• Pros:• $1 billion a year over 5 years to strengthen public

schools • Students scores on reading and math tests are

rising• Achievement gaps between whites and minorities is

closing • Children enjoy the benefits of well-qualified teachers • By school year 2005-2006 every child grade 3-8 will

be tested annually in reading and math • By 2007-2008 science testing will be added

Effects on Students• Cons• By year 2014 100% of students in every state must

score ‘proficient’ on state tests • means all subgroups in schools must make the same

dramatic progress as the student body as a whole • in 2003 in Washington DC their reading goal was 32%

& only 4 out of 5 schools met this goal • tests for disabled and limited English children is unfair

and unworkable • cutting time in teaching science, social studies, art,

music, to make time for reading and math

References

• http://www.rda.aps.edu• http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/no-chil

d-left-behind.html• http://www.ed.gov/nclb/accountability/index.html

?src=ov• http://0-web5.infotrac.galegroup.com.library.wint

hrop.edu/itw/infomark/679/896/64427770w5/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A130342842&dyn=3!xrn_12_0_A130342842?sw_aep=winthropudl

References

• http://www.isbe.state.il.us/nclb/default.htm

• http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/080203Rose/080203rose.html

• http://www.pathsoflearning.org/library/NCLB.cfm

• http://www.showmenews.com/2005/Mar/20050324News017.asp