Does the Every Student Succeeds Act MASK No Child Left Behind?
The ESSA has been difficult for most of us to interpret—although it is clear the U.S. Department of Education will now back out of a lot of school business. Still, in reading how the states will now be almost completely in charge, one wonders how NCLB will change.
How many of us have states that will drop the draconian school reforms started under NCLB?
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Diane Ravitch, the well-known educational historian, recently got together to help us understand the meaning of the new Act. I provide the link to their discussion at the end of my post.
Testing
Their description under testing tells of the troubles surrounding NCLB. Like in Fort Myers which gave 160 tests in one year preparing for the NCLB testing. While states now have flexibility to be different, and do their own thing, I am concerned that most of Does the Every Student Succeeds Act MASK No Child Left Behind?:
