No Child Left Behind?

Question

The intention of No Child Left Behind was to ensure that every student would be able to read at grade level. But there are some serious flaws, such as the requirements for a severely mentally handicapped student to be required to pass the tests at grade level. If the school fails to improve its status (known as Adequate Yearly Progress), the school can lose accredidation and funding.

Let's assume we cannot get rid of this system. If you had the power to change this program. How would you change it.

If you feel more funding is the answer, what should the funds be used for?

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Answer 1

Standardization Test for George W. Bush's "No Child Left Behind" Program

Section One -- Math Skills

1. In the No Child Left Behind Act, Congress authorized a $5.6 billion increase in Title One spending for low-income children. However, President Bush budgeted only $1 billion for Title One. If Title One calls for $2,800 per poverty-level student, how many children are left behind?

a. 0

b. 1

c. 7

d. 1,643,857



2. In the No Child Left Behind Act, Congress authorized an expansion of transportation and other support services to an additional 130,000 homeless children. Instead of an increase, the President's budget froze funding for the homeless education program. Because of inflation, this meant 8,000 fewer homeless children could be served than in the previous year. Assuming there is no increase in homelessness this year, how many homeless children are left behind?

a. 0

b. 8

c. 13

d. 138,000



3. In the No Child Left Behind Act, Congress authorized increased funding to help school districts meet the mandate that all teachers in core academic subjects be "highly qualified" by the end of the 2005-2006 school year. By freezing funding for the Teacher Quality State Grant Program, the Bush budget trains 92,000 fewer teachers than were promised by the act. Assuming each teacher teaches four classes a day of twenty-five students each, and does guidance counseling for eight additional students, how many children are left behind?

a. 0

b. 25

c. 33

d. 9,963,000


4. There are seventy-two million children in the United States. If George leaves 1,643,857 children behind by cutting Title One programs, and leaves 138,000 children behind by freezing spending for homeless education programs, and leaves 9,936,000 behind by slashing teacher training, what percentage of America's children has George left behind?

a. 0%

b. 1.63%

c. 16.3%

d. 163%


Section Two -- Verbal Skills

1. Teddy agreed to throw his support behind the No Child Left Behind Act because George had promised to fully _____ it. When George presented his budget, Teddy felt _____. Which pair of words best fills in the blanks?

a. undermine; excited

b. comprehend; appreciative

c. transcribe; nothing

d. fund; betrayed


2. George W. Bush said, "Education is my top priority." He was being...

a. mendacious

b. rebarbative

c. risible

d. all of the above


3. Sometimes in life, it is okay to tell a little _____, but you should always avoid _____. Which pair below best fills in the blanks?

a. white lie to the American people; getting caught

b. story that tugs at the heartstrings; being mawkish

c. joke to lighten the mood; running with scissors

d. kid that you’re going to fund his education; following through


4. Correct the punctuation in the following sentence: "George W. Bush is the president who, in god's name, will protect our children."

a. The sentence is correct.

b. George W. Bush is the president who in god's name will protect our children.

c. George W. Bush is the president. Who, in god's name, will protect our children?

d. George W. Bush is the president. Who, in god's name, will protect our children?!

Answer 2

As a parent of a handicapped child who is a senior and has yet to pass the exit exam in California - I don't think more funding is the answer. Our school district, being in an area where kids need extra help, already qualified for more funding and they set up additional classes, of which my child is a part of, for extra help in learning the strategies to pass the exit exam. Do I pray this helps? Yes, but I am very pessimistic. I think tests, if they are required, should be developed that cater to more specific symptomatology if these kids are going to be required to pass them. You can't expect a kid to pass a test based on 8th grade reading level if they cannot read that high to begin with. And ~~My child's special education class was sent to a new high school in our area, a high school that didn't have a senior population due to the new status. I had to force the district to return my child back to the old school so my child can at least have a nice "senior" year. By the looks of things that is pretty much all we can hope for right now although we continue to pray for much, much more!

Answer 3

No Child Left Behind is a facade, a way for government to discriminate on the basis of academic ability (unethical, but allowable under Constitutional law.) They can then eliminate funding to the children that need education the most, the most guidance. Many of these children, are also the ones that are more likely to not succeed out in the real world. Therefore being tempted to a life of crime. It is truly sad. They (government) just don't get it. Yeah, leave no child behind, leave the whole school behind. Less federal spending on our weakest, and throwing another bone to the powerful.
I am lucky to live in a small, generally wealthy community. Most of the kids do very well academically.

Answer 4

No Child Left Behind is nothing more than lips service to taxpayers who want better schools but not pay for it. The money alotted to this program actually cuts funding to several programs. Its not fair to expect a special needs students to achieve at the same level as thier unaffected peers. Nor is it fair to insist that Suzy does as well as Tommy. Our kids are human beings, not numbers or statistics. I believe that teachers should be paid as much as doctors if the earn it. How can tax payers put a price on a childs future. We have charged our nations teachers as day care and moral teachers of our children. They have as much contact with our children as we do as parents, in some cases more. Wake up people!

Answer 5

It should be more aptly named " No Corporation Left Behind". The biggest winners in this is the corporations that make the tests and sell them to the schools. The schools can't make copies, they have to buy a test for every student. Ignite Learning of Austin,Texas makes most of it's money from NCLB. And that company is owned by Neil Bush, go figure! This is the company the Mother Bush stipulated the her $3000,00 Katrina donation went to.

Answer 6

As much as I admire Bush for taking the initiative and trying to get that passed, you are right there are too many flaws.

I do not know how to change the system, but it should be something that the teachers can at least somewhat agree on, since they are the ones teaching the students.

Answer 7

Another smoke screen, to manipulate us. Sure the Nochild left behind act sound nice, but it is another attck on the US population from the government. <

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Answer 8

The program is just wrong.

It is essentially stating that all students are of the same intellect.

We know that this is just not true.

Just like President Bush is not up to the same intellect of any prior President.

I had heard that his I.Q. was 128, he is a college grad.
Mine is 127 and I have a GED

Although I think I have a lot more common sense, and put things into perspective not into the wallet.

Answer 9

Don't test children with learning problems. And only test with a teacher who has no interest in the results. One schools teacher could test another schools children and vice a verse. Than there will be no cheating, like teachers teaching the test or closing the door of the test room and if the teacher can pass the test than the students can pass it.

Answer 10

NCLB is too much bureaucracy

go back to letting the teacher decide who passes and who doesn't, empower the teacher

and hire more teachers (too few teachers for too many students is the big problem with our education system)