Samantha Clanton Instructor Jade Bittle ENG 112-452 23 March 2013 No Child Left Behind? Or all Children Left Behind? Standardized Testing has been a part of education since the mid-1800s. In 2002 the No Child Left behind Act was put into place‚ which requires all 50 states to have mandated annual testing. The use of standardized testing in a school can have harsh effects if the scores are too low. It could lead to students being held back‚ teachers being fired‚ or if it becomes a big issue
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the freedom of being on their own and get caught up having fun instead of focusing on their school work. Some students on the other hand may not receive bad grades because of partying but because they are not good test takers. Opponents of No Child Left Behind say standardized tests‚ “promotes a narrow curriculum and drill-like "teaching to the test” (“Standardized‚” 2011). Unlike high school there is not as much homework or extra credit to fall back on if one does not do well
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America. The US Department of Education has always had standardized tests. But they have been more so enforced since the Bush Administration in 2001. In 2001‚ President George W. Bush’s’ Administration passed a very important bill‚ the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001‚ (or NCLB). “NCLB is the latest federal legislation that enacts the theories of standardized - based education reform. Which is based on belief that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individual
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Although a free public education provides tremendous benefits to its recipients‚ it is starting to fail students because they are ill-equipped to compete well with other students internationally‚ it is failing to create proper citizens needed to run the nation‚ and it is suffering due to heavy government involvement. Intro: America is facing an ominous problem regarding education. Over the past few decades the standard for American public education has steadily declined. There are many who do not
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One 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
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Standardized Test Improving Education in America The use of standardized tests became very popular after the No Child Left behind Act (NCLB) was passed in 2001. The NCLB required yearly testing starting in the 3rd grade‚ in all 50 states. US students fell from 18th in the world in math in 2000 to 31st in 2009‚ with a similar drop in science and we haven’t had any changes in reading. One argument is that standardized tests are a fair and measure the ability of students‚ they make sure teachers
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When going to school students are supposed to learn based off a curriculum‚ but instead they are learning based off a test. These test are meant to help students‚ but instead they are hurting them. Standardized test requires all test takers to answer the same questions‚ or a selection of questions from common bank of questions‚ in the same way. Also they are scored in a “standard” or consistent manner‚ which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of
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Downfalls of Standardized Testing In January of 2002‚ President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law. This act required that each state develop standardized tests for basic skills and administer the tests to all students in order to receive federal funding for their school. Each state was required to set progress goals‚ and each school in the state must make adequate yearly progress‚ meaning that each year‚ the current students must perform better on the test than the
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Christina and Lisette 1 Christina Betton and Lisette Rodriguez ENG 101 Oct. 18‚ 2012 There has been many opinions and controversial findings on how effective performing arts is to students’ success. Should students take performing arts as serious as they need to academic arts such as Reading‚ Writing‚ and Math? Many believe that it is not of significant importance. When educational budget cuts take place‚ these are the initial programs to get cut. What are performing arts
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the world: America is ranked 17th in educational performance‚ 25th in Math‚ 17th in Science‚ and 14th in Reading skills. Disabled‚ minority‚ and underprivileged children are lacking the adequate resources to succeed in our school system. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was a revised version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (EASA) proposed by former President George Bush in 2001. The intent was to reform the educational system so American’s schools could have the opportunity to thrive domestically
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