No Chid Left Behind Acts 2002 Act
Tabara Kromah
English composition
10/25/14
The cause and effects of No Child Left Behind
Most people have heard about the no child left behind act from 2002 to this present time. No child left behind was signed by the former President George W. Bush. This act was established to show improvement in school performance of American primary and secondary schools. This act caused a lot of neglect to important and interesting subjects, seeing as these are non -tested subjects, such as art, social studies, health and even music. The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is causing problems, do to the fact that students who don’t meet these standard testing’s have to face a lot of consequences. No Child Left Behind act does more harm than good as it ruins funding’s for schooling and it also places too much pressure on testing. For instance, schools are placed on different levels according to the percentage of students passing the standardized test that is given in the subject areas. Schools that don’t have a high percentage of students passing the examination are put on probationary status. These schools are even forced to undergo review by the state over the next year and if they don’t improve in these specific subjects, they will be at risk of losing their accreditation. Furthermore, schools may reach the point where they have to be shut down or relocate students. Some of the teachers are going home late and not having enough time to go home and relax because they are providing tutoring to increase their student’s scores fearing that the state will take over or shut the school down completely. For example, according to Diane Ravitch a historian of education stated in her article “Time to kill no child left behind” explains the consequences teachers and students will face if they don’t meet the requirement in NCLB. She said that, school that don’t make progress towards 100% proficiency for every group are subject to increasingly,
English composition
10/25/14
The cause and effects of No Child Left Behind
Most people have heard about the no child left behind act from 2002 to this present time. No child left behind was signed by the former President George W. Bush. This act was established to show improvement in school performance of American primary and secondary schools. This act caused a lot of neglect to important and interesting subjects, seeing as these are non -tested subjects, such as art, social studies, health and even music. The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is causing problems, do to the fact that students who don’t meet these standard testing’s have to face a lot of consequences. No Child Left Behind act does more harm than good as it ruins funding’s for schooling and it also places too much pressure on testing. For instance, schools are placed on different levels according to the percentage of students passing the standardized test that is given in the subject areas. Schools that don’t have a high percentage of students passing the examination are put on probationary status. These schools are even forced to undergo review by the state over the next year and if they don’t improve in these specific subjects, they will be at risk of losing their accreditation. Furthermore, schools may reach the point where they have to be shut down or relocate students. Some of the teachers are going home late and not having enough time to go home and relax because they are providing tutoring to increase their student’s scores fearing that the state will take over or shut the school down completely. For example, according to Diane Ravitch a historian of education stated in her article “Time to kill no child left behind” explains the consequences teachers and students will face if they don’t meet the requirement in NCLB. She said that, school that don’t make progress towards 100% proficiency for every group are subject to increasingly,