Month: June 2015

Title I: Replace the “Belle of the Ball”?

by Jack Jennings | Jun 13, 2015 | academic standards, accountability, assessments / tests, education research, federal education policy, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), teachers

Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson launched a campaign to improve education, especially of children from low-income families. An unprecedented billion dollars of new aid was sent to the schools under the first part or "title" of the Elementary and Secondary...

After Cleaning up the NCLB Mess, Then What?

by Jack Jennings | Jun 12, 2015 | academic standards, accountability, assessments / tests, education research, federal education policy, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

Congress is finally grappling with which parts of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) ought to be repealed or retained. Various officials, and the president who must sign the final agreement, have different lists. After the squabbling, a shadow of a national school...