The Wall Street Journal - Has the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act been effective?

"the result has been that poor and minority children are doing better"

From the WSJ:

NCLB has forced schools to pay attention to the learning gap, and the result has been that poor and minority children are doing better. We are nowhere near closing that gap, but it is undeniable that the lowest-performing students have made significant gains on standardized tests in the NCLB era. Easing up on accountability would be a big step backward.

Posted on 7/13/2008 2:57:49 PM by jas225Approved 7/14/2008 9:51 PM