"A Guide To The No Child Left Behind Act" is the title and the title explains exactly what it is. The No Child Left Behind act is something started by our former president George Bush and is being continued by Barack Obama, this article simply explains what the act is besides its simple title. The articles goes into further detail answering many question for parents and etc. The acts has it's many pros and cons and that's what this article tends to explain. It overviews funding, teachers quality increasing better staff, the goal of academic achievement and etc.
This act seems to be one of the most smartest decisions we could have made it's just a long investment a lot of people won't see in their eyes especially in a recession. According to Resnick the NCLB rest on four main topics; acountability, standards, test, and teacher quality. The article addresses the main categories of math, reading, and science. Everyhting is test relate and is all about scores. Every state has its overall standards and benchmarks have to be made. NCLB students are tested more than other students and this process by which their using is suppose to have 100% b 2014 in their requirments.
If you believe you can get every student to participate, focus, listen and apply themsleves you have to be kidding me. Some part of this act has to say something about kids that dont succeed will be force out of school or something. The biggest problem is making students pass all these state requiements and yet test taking are unproductive ways of learning. Kids at disadvantages are the main concern and NCLB opens a window for lower income people. NCLB is about the achievement gap over time, progress and consistency. After reading and writing about the article I realize it argues nothing. It just simple points out pros and cons of the NCLB Act.
Hi Jerrell:
ReplyDeleteI'll be responding to your two extended bibliography entries, along with your in-class freewrite, here.
You found some interesting sources, and they provide excellent background information as you become familiar with ANSER's area of concern. It also seems like the article about NCLB and social climate intersect in interesting ways. As you mention in response to "School Climate," economic and cultural factors have a decisive influence on what students are able to take away from their education. Similarly, I have an awareness that these same factors really complicate what tests mandated by NCLB actually measure (For example, the best predictor of success on these tests is economic standing. It overshadows everything else, including quality of instruction). I'm wondering, as you try to find more sources, whether focusing on NCLB-- it's advantages, disadvantages, and approach-- might be a good direction to go. There's a lot written on it, both online and inside the library.
As regards the structure and form of your responses, two notes. First, please do include an MLA entry up front. You might check the tutorial videos I assigned earlier this semester, though the OWL (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/) is also an excellent resource. Second, your writing is occasionally unclear-- especially as you grapple with tough ideas. I'm thinking if you spent more time unpacking your ideas, slowly developing them, this might help. To put this advice into practice, try using paraphrase/quotation to show me the nuances of your sources article and then respond to them. I sent an email about using these techniques earlier last week.
Keep up the good work!