Pros and cons of nclb

1. The presentation is made by
T. Ramonova, A. Suchkova,
K. Salova, M. Takidze

2. "No Child Left Behind"
 The Act was proposed in 2002 by George W. Bush
 The main aim: to raise the level of education
 Arrangement: implementation of tests with equal
standards

3. People’s opinion
44%
56% For
Against

4. Pros
 State-wise standardized tests have resulted in a higher enrollment for courses in
mathematics than ever before.
 Best nine-year-old scoring history since 1971.
 Academic improvement in all subject categories.
 Legislation encouraged accountability in public schools to provide additional
educational options.
 Negligible achievement gap between white students and the minorities.
 Measurement based performance assessment.
 Detailed report cards explaining AYP performance, recommended para-
professional or parental involvement and preferred line of curriculum and
instruction practice for each child.
 Special focus on students from low-income groups and disabilities.
 Increased responsibility towards ethnic subgroups by awarding schools adequate
rating and recognition for measured school performance.
 Improved instruction and classroom practices and scope for more parent
involvement.
 Funding for school technology used in classrooms as part of NCLB

5. Cons
 Lack of desired federal intervention to address random subject choice for
teachers.
 Inadequate oversight in the case of special education.
 Manipulated test records and results.
 Lowered official state standards to earn incentives from improvement via
standardized tests.
 Choice of select skills subsets to increase test performances leading to
misinterpretation of educational outcome.
 Inherent cultural disparity since each culture is naturally gifted with certain
skills.
 Lack of sensitivity towards Disabilities Education for the visually impaired and
others.
 Inappropriate dispossession of students who fail to meet the desired
performance levels for the school to earn incentive.
 Forced, mandatory curriculum in reading, writing, and arithmetic, impairing
grade advancement.
 Restricted and almost absent non-English test assessments.
 Limited scope for research-based case studies, within the "one size fits all" policy.

6. *http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/21/no-child-left-behind-wors_n_1819877.html

7. Referencies
 The New York Times.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/
subjects/n/no_child_left_behind_act/index.html
 US Department of education.
http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml