Analysis of No Child Left Behind Act

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Analysis of No Child Left Behind Act

• Ben, Eric Shawn

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No Child Left Behind Act

• Landmark in education reform designed to improve
  student achievement and change the culture of
  America's schools
• (District of Columbia Public Schools)
• Signed into law by President Bush on January 8th,
  2002

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Roadmap

• Motivation
• Governments previous action
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act
• Enforcement Penalty
• Pros Cons
• Conclusion

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Motivation of the Act

• Crisis in public education
• Rank 18th in knowledge among 15-year-olds
• Rank behind
• Iceland
• Hungary
• France
• South Korea
• Czech Republic
• Slovak Republic

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Governments Action

• Before the Act
• Increase funding for public school
• Double the money spent since 1980
• Effect none

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Governments Action

• 2001
• No Child Left Behind Act
• To improve public education system
• 4 pillars
• Demanding higher test scores
• More discretion in spending federal dollar
• Focus on scientifically proven education methods
• Giving parents stronger voices

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Enforcement(aka NCLB standard)

• Adequate progress on standard tests
• Annual tests on Mathematics, Science Reading
• Goal 100 passing rate in year 2014
• Education requirements on teachers
• Bachelor's degree
• Full certification

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Penalty for schools NOT meeting the standard

• For 2 years
• Students attend nearby better school
• School pays all transportation expenses
• For 3 years
• Must provide supplemental education services
• For 4 years
• School staff replaced curriculum revamped
• For 5 years
• Drastic action, Significant reconstruction, State
  takeover

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Pros (1)

• Informing parents
• Annual school reports w/ statistic on
• Test scores
• Teacher qualifications
• Drop rates
• Parents informed about school quality

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Pros (2)

• Higher standards
• Standard penalty system
• Regardless of ethnic, income ,background
• No excuse for failure
• Forcing schools to make progress
• Clearly defined goal
• Implementing proven teaching methods

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Effect

• In the first 2 years
• Standards are higher
• Test score on the rise
• Achievement gap closing
• In the future
• Eliminating low quality schools

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Cons (1)

• In rural area
• Less financial support
• New teaching materials
• New curriculum
• poor families
• Traditionally not perform well
• Small school,
• inaccurate statistic

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Cons (2)

• In newly developing communities
• Class size increases
• Insufficient class assistance
• Diversified culture backgrounds
• Schools not well-equipped

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Cons (3)

• Teachers
• Needed to adopt new teaching methods
• Has to be highly qualified
• Taking time and planning to adopt std
• Workload increases

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Conclusion

• Problem
• Current American students do not stand high in
  education globally
• NCLB Act
• Attempts to fulfill the expectation
• Pros
• Equal opportunity, higher test scores
• Cons
• Consideration of rural communities