NCLB Update

Signals from the White House on NCLB

Provisions for education funding in the stimulus bill may give "clues" as to the position of the Obama administration on the impending overhaul of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), according to The New York Times. To receive federal education aid, the bill dictates that governors must raise statewide standards to a new, tougher benchmark: High school graduates must succeed without remedial classes in college, the workplace, or the military. Governors must also ensure that the most effective teachers will be assigned equitably to all students in their states, rich and poor, and governors must commit to building statewide data systems to link teachers with student test scores. In theory, this last component will help administrators identify effective and ineffective teachers, but is unpopular with teacher unions, who have otherwise been generally supportive of the president's vision for reform of the country's schools. Currently, 6,000 of the nation's 95,000 schools are designated as needing corrective action or restructuring due to falling short of testing targets under the present terms of NCLB.

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