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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: [ARN-state] Re: Civil Rights Project video on NLCB
The "core of the law" is to improve schools until all kids reach proficiency. What's wrong with that? Art -----Original Message----- From: Monty Neill <monty@fairtest.org> To: ARN-state@yahoogroups.com; arn2-strategy <arn2-strategy@yahoogroups.com>; authenticaccountability <authenticaccountability@yahoogroups.com>; ARN-L <arn-l@interversity.org> Sent: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:34:30 -0400 Subject: Re: [arn-l] [ARN-state] Re: Civil Rights Project video on NLCB Note this says 'make good use of <certain new educational requirements> - which is I think a good deal different than 'make good use of the law as a whole'. Most everyone in the field agrees on need to improve graduation rates and disaggregating data (here I'd say on more than test scores) and to some extent on qualified teacher provisions (debates over how this is being done continue on). I know parent activists who think there is usable stuff in the parent involvement pieces of the law - they want them enforced instead of ignored, and they think some things in them could be improved. None of that says the core of the law is OK. As I said, I have not seen them, so perhaps I did leap further than I should have - I did so based on the print reports CRP has released. ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Campbell To: arn2-strategy ; authenticaccountability ; ARN-L ; ARN State Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 5:03 PM Subject: [ARN-state] Re: Civil Rights Project video on NLCB Monty - just wanted to raise a red flag on the Harvard project. The press release says: The recommendations include suggestions on how to make good use of certain new educational requirements in NCLB, such as improving graduation rates, improving minority student's access to highly qualified teachers and public reporting of achievement outcomes disaggregated by race. The video also includes recommendations for preventing the potentially harmful effects of state initiated high stakes testing policies. Make good use of NCLB??? I'm concerned that much of this resource will be along the lines of "make NCLB work for you!" Has anyone actually seen it? Peter Campbell Missouri State Coordinator ARN
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