No Child Left Behind and the Public Schools
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- Synopsis
- The oft-stated purpose of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) to close achievement gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students will likely go unfulfilled without significant rethinking and revision, argues Abernathy (political science, U. of Minnesota). He examines the current impacts of NCLB on public school leadership; criticizes its failure to take into account the determining factors of race, ethnicity, and inequality on achievement test scores; and considers how NCLB interacts with the school-choice approach. He then offers advice on reforming NCLB that calls for directly measuring leadership and quality within educational institutions rather than trying to extract such information from student test scores and creating reward incentives based on those assessments. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780472021512
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780472069798
- Publisher:
- University of Michigan Press
- Date of Addition:
- 01/29/12
- Copyrighted By:
- University of Michigan
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Education, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.