Obama’s blueprint for California
Posted in No Child Left BehindThe utopian demand that all children be proficient in math and English language arts by 2014 would be replaced by the goal that all students be on track for a career or college by 2020.
The unyielding pass or fail grade for a school based on collective test scores would be replaced by measurements of individual students’ growth and broader gauges of school progress, such as school climate and student attendance.
As its antidote to the excesses of the No Child Left Behind law, the Obama administration has released a 41-page outline for its as yet-unnamed reauthorization of NCLB, officially known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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The unyielding pass or fail grade for a school based on collective test scores would be replaced by measurements of individual students’ growth and broader gauges of school progress, such as school climate and student attendance.
As its antidote to the excesses of the No Child Left Behind law, the Obama administration has released a 41-page outline for its as yet-unnamed reauthorization of NCLB, officially known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
(Read more and comment on this post)