So what’s the relationship between the rise in NAEP scores and NCLB? An editorial in The Bangor Daily News cautions against drawing a direct correlation: ”NCLB hasn’t been around long enough, the changes in national scores aren’t dramatic enough and too many other factors influence outcomes to draw any conclusions.”
The editorial notes that NAEP math scores have [...]
In the swirl of media coverage around the NAEP scores and NCLB (”childrens do learn,” anyone?), Lawrence Hardy of the American School Board Journal takes a moment to reflect about “nattering negativism” — including his own.
It’s a nice bit of soul-searching. Public education has been a dog the media’s been kicking for so long, it’s hard [...]
Consider this your own test of Adequate Yearly Progress: Embedded in this Media General News Service’s article on NCLB is a 10-question quiz on some of the basics of the law.
“Six Things You Need to Know about No Child Left Behind” [via WMBB]
The wording’s a little tricky on some of the questions, so tread carefully and [...]
Public Agenda released a report this week on Kansas and Missouri parents’ and students’ attitudes toward math, science, and technology education.
Basically, the Midwesterners said, “Meh.”
Public Agenda found that just 25 percent of Kansas/Missouri parents think their children should be studying more math and science, and 70 percent think things “are fine as they are now.”
Oh, it’s not that they [...]
Members of the California Teachers Association presented House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a garage-door-sized postcard — signed by 1,000 teachers — to protest her support for the reauthorization draft of NCLB.
San Jose Mercury News and CTA’s news release have the details.
The Weekly Standard calls NCLB “education reform run amok.” Andrew Ferguson’s cover story details unintended consequences of NCLB through the lens of a few new books on education and Big Government Conservatism.
[O]ne way to reverse [the decline in public education], it was thought, was to hold schools accountable for the education of their students: Test the [...]
Last week, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington asked the Ed Dept’s Inspector General to look into why NCLB funds are being spent on products from Neil Bush’s Ignite! Learning.
At issue is the COW (Curriculum on Wheels), a cart-mounted video projector and hard drive loaded with a year’s supply of Ignite!’s social studies, science, or [...]
Ms. C at Psych Naw… Teacher? has no love for standardized tests.
They would be great if they actually did what they were supposed to do, which (if what I learned in my methods courses was correct) is assess students so that teachers can determine their strengths and weaknesses. However, this is impossible when the information doesn’t [...]
NEA President Reg Weaver, at the House Committee on Education and Labor’s hearings on Monday: “We are not able to support the discussion draft as currently written. We are hopeful that the Committee will take the time to make meaningful changes.”
The Title I draft is still too focused on high stakes testing, punishments, labeling of children, and unfunded [...]
Jonathan Kozol is always great to read when your energy is running low and you need a reminder of what a noble venture education is.
Yesterday at The Huffington Post, Kozol explained why he’s fasting — it’s now Day 68 – until the Democrats get serious about fixing No Child Left Behind.
We’re a bit awestruck at his [...]
