This is a good thing

[SkepticalDrew]

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/july-dec11/nochildleft_08-08.html

Long overdue. From what I read today, only about 5% of schools where I live (Nevada) are making AYP (adequate yearly progress). And some of those schools are in danger of not making AYP because of increasing standards.

[theprestige]

Any system that identifies underperformers is a bad system.

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[SkepticalDrew]

Any system that identifies underperformers is a bad system.

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Do you think NCLB is a well designed and well implemented system?

[theprestige]

Do you think NCLB is a well designed and well implemented system?

Not particularly.

On the other hand, I don't see anybody else eager to propose a system that identifies underperformers. Are you? No? All right then.

In the mean time, I'm fairly confident that there's enough underperformers out there that even a half-assed program like NCLB is a good start.

And I'm equally confident that the solution to NCLB is a system that does a better job of identifying underperformers.

Until that day...

[SkepticalDrew]

Not particularly.

On the other hand, I don't see anybody else eager to propose a system that identifies underperformers. Are you? No? All right then.

In the mean time, I'm fairly confident that there's enough underperformers out there that even a half-assed program like NCLB is a good start.

And I'm equally confident that the solution to NCLB is a system that does a better job of identifying underperformers.

Until that day...

NCLB is not even a good start. In fact, the majority of people in education believe it's had a negative effect overall.

It's a perfect example of well intentioned people with lofty goals (President Bush and Congress) getting involved in things they know very little about. It was based on a school that cheated the system, and for that reason was flawed from the very beginning.