Washington. Education is also the means by which individuals have become enlightened‚ such as Martin Luther‚ instigator of the Protestant Reformation. Recently‚ the focus of education in our country has changed. President Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has weakened the once prized culture of American public schools‚ changing its focus from education to fabrication. This policy has damaged the American education system‚ weakening the nation’s
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NCLB disregarded students who had trouble in certain subjects and did not benefit them in and out of school. It discriminated students who had low test scores resulting in them feeling sorry for themselves. Another way the NCLB Act discriminates students is by putting them in categories based on income‚ ethnicity‚ and their background ("Every Student Succeeds Act")
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their students. Many of these teachers were surprised to realize that their peers agreed that standards for education needed to be raised. Not necessarily the way NCLB went about it‚ but they agreed the act was geared towards a good idea. The teachers agreed that it is important for them to make their students good citizens. Though NCLB doesn’t help educators with this task‚ they will continue to aid their students in their ideas of what makes a good person. What America deems good manners will be
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Future of Educational Finance Grand Canyon University: EDA-535 October‚ 2013 Gary Marx stated “identifying‚ monitoring and considering the implications of trends is one of the most basic processes for creating the future” (Stevenson‚ 2010 p. 1). The world of education is forever changing at a pace that gets more rapid as the years go on. The decisions made in the past have laid the foundation of education today‚ as will recent changes affect the future. Programs such as choice schooling and
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environments for the students and set strict qualifications of teachers to assure that they were "highly qualified." In order to be highly qualified‚ teachers needed to be certified in specific programs for each of their specific subjects. Title 1 of the NCLB Act defined these qualifications‚ established professional teacher development‚ and required that teachers had at least 2 years of
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Standardized Testing Costs and Value In this time of the 21st century‚ standardized testing has increased dramatically within the United States. Standardized tests is any examination that is administered and scored in a predetermined‚ standard manner. These tests were originally created to measure a student’s college readiness and future academic success however‚ studies have proved that standardized tests do not measure a student’s factual knowledge. There are two common types of standardized tests
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Act‚ was once a supporter of standardized testing and believed it could improve public schools. After seeing standardized testing put into place she has now come to the conclusion‚ the negative impact of high stakes testing and other reforms in the NCLB act. High stakes testing‚ accountability‚ and choice involved with the No Child Left Behind Act have hindered American public schools instead of improved the school system.
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their lives. I know the dreaded NCLB comes to mind when I say improving achievements across subgroups‚ but it goes further than AYP and NCLB‚ it is about making sure that individuals in every sub-group is receiving the best education. Before NCLB‚ special education students had a tendency not to count in many districts. Teachers were not given appropriate curriculum and teachers were not held accountable for moving students toward grade level standards. After NCLB‚ these students count and now the
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According to Greenwood‚ Bradfield‚ Kaminski‚ Lina‚ Carta and Nylander (2011)‚ NCLB and IDEA have helped RTI to put the spotlight on improving students’ academics through early and continued use of evidence-based practices. The school Lauren attends according to NCLB and IDEA has provided her with evidence-based practices to help with her reading abilities. The teacher collected data that determined Lauren needed extra support
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example of a solution to the American Education system is No Child Left Behind. NCLB is a law that provides extra money for poor children that can’t afford school. Because of the Government support schools are required to test more. The government expects good test results‚ and it holds the school accountable for bad test scores. Schools that don’t demonstrate yearly progress in meeting the NCLB standards are penalized. NCLB has good intentions but poor results. For instance the weaker students tend
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