Re: Mos U.S. Adults Want to Leave "No Child" Behind -- New National Poll

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From: Bob Schaeffer <bobschaeffer@earthlink.net>
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MAJORITY WOULD LIKE "NO CHILD" LAW LEFT BEHIND?

? Scripps Howard News Service --  May 30, 2007?

by Thomas Hargrove and Guido H. Stempel III?
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...Participants in the poll were told that No Child Left Behind "requires 
states to test elementary students to determine if schools do a good job 
teaching. Critics say the law forces teachers to teach to a particular 
test. From everything you've heard, do you think the No Child Left 
Behind Act has been good for public schools or not good?"?
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Only about a third said they think the law has had a positive influence 
on public education while slightly less than half said it has had a 
negative impact and a fifth were undecided. ...
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I wonder if people would have a more favorable opinion of NCLB if they were told that it obligates states to improve their schools, particularly schools that serve large numbers of poor children, minority children, children with disabilities, and children learning English?? Does anyone outside of the spinmeisters at FairTest really think that most Americans want to leave those children behind or that they would not embrace the notion that states should establish reasonable learning goals, administer tests to measure children's progress towards those goals, and step in to do something in schools where lots of children are falling behind?

Art
 


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