New Formula for Old Schools
February 17, 2010
The Obama administration is looking into developing a new formula to hold schools accountable for student performance and to rewrite the 8-year-old “No Child Left Behind Law”.
Before the Obama administration begins to overhaul or change this law, they should look at the results that have occurred. In the state of Oklahoma, more students with handicaps were placed in the main stream of classes. Teachers due to the No Child Left Behind Law” had to pay more attention to the students that were slow to learn and the other students that could learn at an average or above average rate where ignored or left behind.
The idea that no child should be left behind is a wonderful sentiment, but the real truth is that if a student acted up in class they are taken out of the class and even suspended for wearing a hat due to this being a distraction to students trying to learn. Some handicap students should not be put in the main stream of students, as they can be a distraction to other students.
Schools throughout the nation are rated on how many of their students pass state reading and math tests. Are the results of these tests better or worse than previous years? Target pass rates are to rise each year with a standard of universal proficiency by the year 2014 for all groups. This deadline is a top question with the Obama administration with the possibility of eliminating a deadline all together. Maybe the test results should be compared to previous years and should not only include math and reading as students in the US are behind other nations in Science and technology as well.
The idea and concept of the “No Child Left Behind Law” is awesome. However, teachers, staff, and administration should have the knowledge and the ability to know which students should be in the main stream of students and which students should be placed in a more controlled classroom. You cannot expect every child to have the ability to become a rocket scientist. No child should be left behind, but not every child will be star pupils and make straight A’s.
No one has an exact number of families that are home schooling their children in the state of Oklahoma, but many have pulled their children from the public school system in the last few years. This trend in taking children out of public school to be taught at home should be an eye opener to the government. The answer to the “No Child Left Behind Law” is going to have to be overhauled if it is to work, but before this is done, teachers and parents should be heard as to their expectations.
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The New Law is Looking good and Solid Strategy. Really Nice To Know about this Law….
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