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"Tomorrow is the 6th anniversary of the day that I signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law. And since that day we've come a long way, fewer students are falling behind. People are beginning to get used to the notion that there's accountability in the public school system. Look, I recognize some people don't like accountability. In other words, accountability says if you're failing, we're going to expose that and expect you to change. Accountability also says that when you're succeeding you'll get plenty of praise. "
President George W. Bush
January 7, 2008
I can't even begin to respond to this. Well, I can begin, but it's not very reasoned. 3 points: The administration load of the program, and the continual testing (4 times a year by the school) suck up any advantage. Secondly, the metric (the test) is incredibly poor. Testing of this sort doesn't really work. Finally, the amount of funds pledged versus the amount of changes and work, and the codicil requirements which require many extra resources to pull up the low performing students, mean that we're taking all the programs that reward intelligence and achievement to try and enact basic social programs in schools.
January 7, 2008
I can't even begin to respond to this. Well, I can begin, but it's not very reasoned. 3 points: The administration load of the program, and the continual testing (4 times a year by the school) suck up any advantage. Secondly, the metric (the test) is incredibly poor. Testing of this sort doesn't really work. Finally, the amount of funds pledged versus the amount of changes and work, and the codicil requirements which require many extra resources to pull up the low performing students, mean that we're taking all the programs that reward intelligence and achievement to try and enact basic social programs in schools.
