Month: April 2011

Federal Aid to the Schools–Wasteful or Helpful?

by Jack Jennings | Apr 21, 2011 | academic standards, accountability, assessments / tests, federal education policy, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), teachers

Federal funding for schools has not been effective, asserted some conservative members of Congress at a recent hearing on extending the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the main national law aiding public education. Soon, it is safe to bet, some members...

Turning Around the Lowest Performing Schools: A Noble Goal and a Daunting Challenge

by Jack Jennings | Apr 7, 2011 | assessments / tests, No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), teachers

The Center on Education Policy has received dozens of calls from the news media about the Obama administration's effort to improve the schools that rank among lowest-achieving 5 percent of schools in each state. This year, most of those schools in every state received...