The Impact of No Child Left Behind On Student Achievement.
Running head: THE IMPACT OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 1
The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement
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Abstract
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was enacted to require states to design school-accountability systems based on annual student assessments (Dee and Jacob 2011). The annual schools assessments are define as standardized testing to measure the students’ academic achievement in reading and math from grades 3-12. The result of the NCLB on student achievement prompts much debate on rather it results in a positive influence on student achievement. Research has shown that the standardized testing in the United States does not yield enough positive results to continue with annual student assessments. If it is evident that the assessments do not prove to promote academic success, other methods of testing students’ academic achievement should be implemented.
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The History of the No Child Left Behind Act.
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is legislation that was enacted by the President Bush during his first term as President in 2001. It was passed in an effort to increase federal funding for education reform and to increase accountability at all level (Hollowell, 2001). The NCLB main objective was to ensure children an education to each child no matter their cultural or
The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement
The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement 2
Abstract
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was enacted to require states to design school-accountability systems based on annual student assessments (Dee and Jacob 2011). The annual schools assessments are define as standardized testing to measure the students’ academic achievement in reading and math from grades 3-12. The result of the NCLB on student achievement prompts much debate on rather it results in a positive influence on student achievement. Research has shown that the standardized testing in the United States does not yield enough positive results to continue with annual student assessments. If it is evident that the assessments do not prove to promote academic success, other methods of testing students’ academic achievement should be implemented.
The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement 3
The History of the No Child Left Behind Act.
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is legislation that was enacted by the President Bush during his first term as President in 2001. It was passed in an effort to increase federal funding for education reform and to increase accountability at all level (Hollowell, 2001). The NCLB main objective was to ensure children an education to each child no matter their cultural or
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