Duncan's Plans: NCLB on Steroids
Sent to The Hill (thehill.com)
Education Secretary Duncan thinks that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is "too punitive, too prescriptive, it’s led to a dumbing down of standards, and it’s led to a narrowing of curriculum." (Education secretary: 'No Child Left Behind' has led to a 'dumbing down', 1/28).
But his plan is far more punitive, prescriptive and narrowing, and will finish the job of turning schools into test prep factories.
NCLB requires reading and math tests at the end of the academic year, which most people agree is far too much
