NPR: Former ‘No Child Left Behind’ Advocate Turns Critic
By Joel McDonald • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Blog, Related News & Events
If you subscribe to the Virginian-Pilot, you likely know of the major testing issues that have come to light with at least one public school in Norfolk. In Virginia, the Standards of Learning standardized tests are high-stakes tests. With these tests are significant protocols that must be followed. These tests are Virginia’s connection to the No Child Left Behind legislation supported by former President George Bush.
A commentor on the online article from the Pilot left a link from NPR that I thought was well worth the read, so I’m passing it on through VBP.
In 2005, former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch wrote, “We should thank President George W. Bush and Congress for passing the No Child Left Behind Act … All this attention and focus is paying off for younger students, who are reading and solving mathematics problems better than their parents’ generation.”
Four years later, Ravitch has changed her mind.
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Joel McDonald has been following Virginia politics since February 2008, starting with the Democratic Presidential Primary. Since then, he has been the primary new media contact for progressive district and statewide campaigns.
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