Hopeful Sign Regarding No Child Left Behind; New Secretary of Education Signals Room for Amendment
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › April 18, 2005
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With a new federal secretary of education comes new hope for special- education students who are suffering unintended consequences of No Child Left Behind.
The federal law requires students to make continued improvement, as gauged by performance on standardized tests. Talk to educators or parents of students with special needs, and they will tell you a standardized test, administered to all students regardless of ability, is not an accurate way to judge special-ed students. Their progress and potential for living a successful life is based on many factors, few of which can be measured by standardized tests.See the full content of this document
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Hopeful Sign Regarding No Child Left Behind; New Secretary of Education Signals Room for Amendment
Margaret Spellings seems to get that.
In the April 11 edition of The Christian Science Monitor, Spellings said, "I am willing to conside...See the full content of this document
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