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Article: NCLB and scientifically-based research: opportunities lost and found.(No Child Left Behind)(Editorial)
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- Journal of Teacher Education
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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In fall 2006, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and President George W. Bush, while stumping for reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), asserted, "It is working, and it is here to stay" (The White House, 2006). Though we find claims of its effectiveness premature, NCLB and the subsequent and less-noticed Education Sciences Reform Act (ESR) are without question changing the landscape of public education. Since their adoption in 2002, many of the laws' provisions have been implemented. For example, high-stakes testing and reporting systems to determine "adequate yearly progress" (AYP) are in place in all states. Indeed, as this editorial goes to press, ...