Va., Md. and D.C. seek to opt out of key parts of No Child Left Behind law
Va., Md. and D.C. seek to opt out of key parts of No Child Left Behind law
By Emma Brown, Saturday, February 25, 6:54 PM
For the past decade, public schools nationwide have aimed for a target fixed in federal law that 100 percent of students should pass reading and math tests by 2014. Now Virginia wants to lower the goal to 75 percent for reading and 70 percent for math.
Maryland and the District also want to revise expectations for student achievement part of a national movement to seek federal approval to opt out of key parts of the 2002 No Child Left Behind law. Many educators say the law saddles schools with unrealistic goals and unfair penalties.
But Virginia appears to be seeking an especially significant departure from an accountability system that demands progress each year toward the 2014 target.
Under the law, schools are flagged if any of several groups of students identified by race, ethnicity, poverty or other factors fails to make adequate progress on state tests or certain other measures. Those flagged year after year can face sanctions up to reorganization or closure.
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HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Teach to test. Teach to test. Teach to test. Oh, and if that doesn't work, teach to test.
Cal33
(7,018 posts)100 percent of the students to pass reading and math tests? And if 100 percent
of the kids did pass the tests, what would you think of the quality of those tests?
I sometimes really wonder .....
Robb
(39,665 posts)New Yawker
(62 posts)and a Democratic replacement installed.
NCLB is a Republican mess, and Republicans needs to take responsibility for it, not opt out of it.