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Papers
- No Child Left Behind - Articles and Guides (Education Commission of the States)
Provides issue papers and guides to NCLB. (Uses PDF format.) 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - Articles on Issues (Education Commission of the States)
Provides articles and summaries of progress. "The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, the revised Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is a potent blend of new requirements, incentives and resources, and it poses significant challenges for states." 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - Costs and Benefits (Phi Delta Kappan International - Mathis)
"Alas, the promises are far greater than the reality. When the 'historic' federal investments in education are scrutinized, the first-year increases to Title I compensatory funds amount to a mere 0.4% of total education spending. When the much-touted 'flexibility' procedures that NCLB gives to local districts are examined, they allow, at best, a local district to shift around about 4.3% of its already-committed money.3 When the so-called adequate yearly progress provisions of the law are examined, independent reviewers, almost without exception, say the plans are unrealistic.4 Submerged beneath emotional appeals and rhetorical demands, hard questions about costs, the adequacy of resources, and the strength of commitments lie hidden."
"Throughout the last century, critics loudly proclaimed the nation's peril owing to the alleged poor condition of the schools. Yet results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show that at the end of the century scores in reading and mathematics had leveled off at a 30-year high, dropouts were near all-time lows, and our nation's economic supremacy was unquestioned.5 This is hardly a picture of a "failed" system. But these facts hide the nation's true educational problems."
"The greater and more insidious danger, however, is the disparity in achievement within the United States. International test data tell us that we have the greatest inequities between our highest- and lowest-scoring students of any nation.8 In a UNICEF follow-up study, the gap between our average scorers and our low scorers gives the U.S. an abysmal ranking of 21st out of 24 industrialized nations in educational equality.9 While we are getting more productivity than we pay for, the troubling disparities in achievement reflect our disparities in funding."
"Providing a 'standards-based' NCLB education for all children will require massive new investments in education spending. Seven of the 10 studies show increases in base cost that are greater than 24%, and of these, six were between 30% and 46%...." "Public spending on K-12 education was $422.7 billion in 2001-02. 27 If we use a broad -- yet easily justified and extremely conservative -- estimate of 20% added costs for the nation as a whole, that translates into a national increase of about $84.5 billion. An estimate of 35% additional costs yields a national increase of $148 billion."
"For comparison purposes, the current federal Title I appropriation is $11.3 billion, and the Administration's budget request of $12.3 billion is below the authorized amount of $18 billion in NCLB.28 President Bush said in his weekly radio address of 4 January 2003 that the additional $1 billion was 'more than enough money' and that 'we are insisting that schools use that money wisely.' 29" 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - Details of Requirements (CRS issue Brief for Congress - Riddle and Stedman)
Describes the requirements each state must follow. (Uses PDF format.) 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - Details of Requirements (Education Commission of the States)
Describes the requirements each state must follow. (Uses PDF format.) 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - Progress by State (Education Commission of the States)
Provides grid showing progress of each state by requirement of NCLB. Detailed information is available for each criterion for each state. 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - Results from 15 School Districts (Center on Education Policy)
"What have school districts done during the past year to raise student achievement, en- sure all teachers are highly qualified, provide school choice to children in under-per- forming schools, and meet the other far-reaching requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)? How do districts perceive the Act?"
"What effects is it having? To help answer these questions, the Center on Education Policy commissioned case studies of local implementation of NCLB in a geographically diverse set of urban, sub- urban, and rural school districts." 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - Rubric for Assessing Compliance (Education Commission of the States)
Provides an assessment tool for rating a state's compliance with NCLB. (Uses PDF format.) 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - Scientifically Based Research (Education Commission of the States)
Defines "scientifically based research" for purposes of the NCLB legislation.
Editor's Note: The definition of "scientifically based research" reflects the views of the authors of the legislation but is not necessarily consistent with the views of the most respected and experienced evaluators and researchers in the field of education regarding best practices in research. 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - Scientifically Based Research (NoChildLeft.com - McKenzie)
"It is now fashionable for federal bureaucrats to cloak their interference in what amounts to pseudoscience."
"The identification of so-called effective programs was accomplished by setting up false selection rules, unreasonable criteria and narrow goals. It was the equivalent of blind judging. The rules effectively eliminated many deserving programs from review (and approval) before anyone even considered them. The rules were tilted toward a narrow definition of reading and a narrow definition of research. The effect was to focus in on programs with great results on limited goals. We suddenly face the specter of strong armed imposition of phonics programs, especially upon urban students in poorly performing schools even though there is little evidence that they become better students in the long run." 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - State Accountability and Consolidated Plans (Education Commission of the States)
Provides plans by state. 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - Summary of Requirements (Education Commission of the States)
Describes the requirements each state must follow. (Uses PDF format.) 12-03
- No Child Left Behind - Teaching Quality (Education Commission of the States)
Provides three articles on teaching quality related to NCLB. (Uses PDF format.) 12-03
- No Child Left Behind Act (Thomas)
Provides H.R. 1, new education legislation enacted in January 2002. The Act focuses heavily on improvement of assessment and then, if a school fails to meet standards, alternatives for parents. The official title of the act is "To close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind."
- No Child Left Behind Act - Analysis (TeacherVision.com)
Provides an analysis of H.R. 1, new education legislation enacted in January 2002, for teachers or parents. The Act focuses heavily on improvement of assessment and then, if a school fails to meet standards, alternatives for parents. 7-02
- No Child Left Behind Act - Resources for Schools (American Association of School Administrators)
Provides Web sites to help schools implement best practices. 7-02
Standards
- Classroom Educational Standards by Subject and State (Wappingers Central School District - Hill)
 Provides math standards and curriculums by state. Also provides work on standards by key national groups. 12-03
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