Article: The Big Picture of NCLB

Article: Implementing the complexities of NCLB: Wisconsin's ...
T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education);  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the complexities of NCLB. We were very fortunate ... being to close the achievement gap. Therefore, when NCLB was authorized, Burmaster ... law: to close the achievement gap. Challenge 1: Finding ... TLCF. In addition, NCLB requires that a minimum ...

Article: SEN. KENNEDY ISSUES JOINT HEARING ON 'ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... teachers and close the gap in teacher distribution in high-poverty and high-minority schools. The best way to close the achievement gap for students is to see that they all have good teachers. We must give young students the support and services they need ...

Article: 'NCLB - Let's Get It Right'; Union Announces National ...
U.S. Newswire;  May 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... McElroy. "The problems with NCLB go far beyond its deplorable ... we are serious about getting NCLB right." "The AFT consistently ... reform as a means of closing the achievement gap. The spring issue of American ... reform, accountability and NCLB. The magazine (see http ...

Article: NCLB Left Behind: Report Finds 47 of 50 States in 'Some ...
U.S. Newswire;  August 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... responsible for implementing NCLB at the local level -- administrators ... increasingly skeptical that NCLB's rigid approach will help close the achievement gap, fearing that the law may ... started to take root before NCLB. Americans of all political ...

Article: Letter to the Editor: NCLB law 'more harmful than helpful'
New Haven Register;  February 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... proficiency in English. The NCLB has corrupted many curriculums ... there is a significant achievement gap between black and white ... that there is also an achievement gap between white and Asian ... learning measured in NCLB-related tests. The ...

Article: MoveOn.org's Focus on Paige Firing, NCLB Funding Level ...
PR Newswire;  March 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... important and worthy goals. But NCLB accomplishes neither as it ... push out' crisis. In part, NCLB was intended to narrow the racial achievement gap in our classrooms. However ... High-stakes testing under NCLB is causing more minority students ...

Article: NCLB in waiting.(COMMENTARY)
The Washington Times;  December 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... internationally. And the achievement gap between our most and ... Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) lies dormant as Congress ... education since passage of NCLB. Recent results from ... accountability systems prior to NCLB's passage. Importantly ... results also show the achievement gap ...