Prohibit Further Use Of The No Child Left Behind Act Of 2002
Prohibit Further Use of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002
I stand to affirm the legislation to prohibit any further use of the No Child Left Behind Act. The goal that is stated in the act is that “All students are expected to meet or exceed state standards in reading and math by 2014.” which has failed. In 2013 only 38 percent of those tested scored as proficient readers on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “Nation’s Report Card,” released by the Department of Education . At 38 percent it is nearly impossible to gain that other 62 percent by 2014 which proves the act as an overall failure.
Along with the waste of $25.7 billion dollars in 2014, according to the New America Foundation, and failing of the program, the act brought more harm to the overall proficiency of students across America. Ironically, even when the act provided schools with more qualified teachers, test scores were not improving the way that was intended despite the good looking scores at the schools. These scores were due to the fact that schools were making their curriculum as easy as possible in order to make it less difficult for the students to do well on their tests and get extra funding from the government. This unfair gesture harmed the students by not teaching them anything and just passing them along to the next grade even if it was obvious they would still be struggling.
After the No Child Left Behind act was passed, schools were given a set of standards that were required to be followed when hiring a teacher in order to find the best possible educators for the schools. Now, having more qualified teachers for schools sounds like it would have an immensely positive effect on the education system however, the NCLB act set these standards extremely high which made it very difficult for schools to find teachers who met those requirements.
According to the Washington Post, after No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was established, the US slipped from 18th in the
I stand to affirm the legislation to prohibit any further use of the No Child Left Behind Act. The goal that is stated in the act is that “All students are expected to meet or exceed state standards in reading and math by 2014.” which has failed. In 2013 only 38 percent of those tested scored as proficient readers on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “Nation’s Report Card,” released by the Department of Education . At 38 percent it is nearly impossible to gain that other 62 percent by 2014 which proves the act as an overall failure.
Along with the waste of $25.7 billion dollars in 2014, according to the New America Foundation, and failing of the program, the act brought more harm to the overall proficiency of students across America. Ironically, even when the act provided schools with more qualified teachers, test scores were not improving the way that was intended despite the good looking scores at the schools. These scores were due to the fact that schools were making their curriculum as easy as possible in order to make it less difficult for the students to do well on their tests and get extra funding from the government. This unfair gesture harmed the students by not teaching them anything and just passing them along to the next grade even if it was obvious they would still be struggling.
After the No Child Left Behind act was passed, schools were given a set of standards that were required to be followed when hiring a teacher in order to find the best possible educators for the schools. Now, having more qualified teachers for schools sounds like it would have an immensely positive effect on the education system however, the NCLB act set these standards extremely high which made it very difficult for schools to find teachers who met those requirements.
According to the Washington Post, after No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was established, the US slipped from 18th in the