Seattle Schools Community Forum: NCLB; Can We Just Kill It Now?

Seattle Schools Community Forum: NCLB; Can We Just Kill It Now?:

NCLB; Can We Just Kill It Now?

by Melissa Westbrook

From the Seattle Times: (bold mine)

Nearly half of America's public schools didn't meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago, according to a national report released Thursday.

The Center on Education Policy report shows more than 43,000 schools - or 48 percent - did not make "adequate yearly progress" this year. The failure rates range from a low of 11 percent in Wisconsin to a high of 89 percent in Florida.

State's scores varied wildly. For example, in Georgia, 27 percent of schools did not meet targets, compared to