As of December 18th another sixty schools were added to the list of schools that have failed to meet No Child Left Behind standards in the state of New York. This number by itself is an appalling example of how the NCLB Act did not turn out as planned. However, almost equally appalling is the ridiculous difference in what the city of Albany had said of the schools’ progress and what the state said of the same schools. The difference in standards that the city has versus those of the state is clearly a problem.
“More than half the elementary and middle schools that got an F under the city’s new grading system are in good standing under the federal law, while more than 20 percent of the schools that the city gave A’s are considered failing, the state said.” (Medina, 2007)
Clearly a compromise needs to be sought out between the two systems of criteria. The conflicts in opinion only add fuel to the ample fire that parents and teachers are lighting around the NCLB Act. It is likely that the NCLB will not be renewed, however, it is still affecting parents, teachers, and students so we must seek to find ways of coping with its difficulties.
“Albany Adds 60 Schools to City List of Failures” by Jennifer Medina
Published in the New York Times
Dec. 21, 2007
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It always gets me upset reading things like this. There certainly does need to be changes made. Something that was suppossed to help schools and students alike is suppressing them both and it’s horrible to see. Hopefully there is a solution and hopeful it will be implememted soon.
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