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Originally Posted by shakran
The main problem is that they enacted it, but didn't fund it. You can't expect schools to undertake an expensive program without any help from the government if the government is the one making them undertake it. Stupid.
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I disagree with you on this. Money is being pumped into the system (
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In my case, you have a school district that performs very, very well. However, their rating goes down because all kids (low income/special needs/etc.) get lumped together for the assessment.
In other words, if it wasn't for my daughter (and kids like her--she isn't severe however) the school would get higher marks and would not need to have this improvement program. It's sad, because this is a really, really good school district with amazing teachers, they need to be recognized for that.
Like guy44 said, NCLB isn't a terrible idea and at least you have to give credit for someone actually trying something, but I really think they need to change how the kids are tested--not remove the testing, because we do need to have a set of guidelines in place--but maybe institute a level of testing.
I would love to see the DoE go away, and while you are at it, take the NEA with you.
However, it won't happen, so I chose to fight the battles where I might actually have a chance of making a difference.