Classroom-Based Assessment Should Replace 'No Child', Experts Say

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I would like to comment on the fact that Nebraska schools show statistically lower scores each year the students are tested. 8th grade is the last year until 11th grade. By then the scores are meet, remind you just meet minimum scoring. By then it's too late the students have one more year 12th grade to get from 30% to 100% just meeting the scores statistically. Shame on our education system, and it's called no child left behind.

Kelly of NE 1:09PM September 19, 2012

What about the rural schools that don't test and have no ranking at all yet they are accredited by what standards I want to know?

Kelly of NE 1:00PM September 19, 2012

NCLB just needs more time. If the lazy teachers continue to fail their students (in every sense of the word), there is a viable solution available -- scrap the status quo (our public school system, with its proven record of failure) and institute a new system of for-profit private schools funded by vouchers.
Generous philanthropists such as Eli Broad, Bill Gates, and the Waltons are already waiting in line to fund the creation of these new schools. Isn't it time we take them up on their offer?

Werebat of RI 5:58PM February 21, 2012

My daughter is a product of the NCLB act. She attended school in Oklahoma. I noticed that her school was neglecting all subjects besides Math and Reading. The school taught her how to pass the tests and that was it. Her 3rd grade year, they didn't even do Science. I would have to make her bring home her Science book and we did it at home. I thought the information was important, so I taught it to her. We recently moved to Virginia. She is so far behind in all subjects, but Math and Reading. I had to teach her how to write a paragraph so she could participate in the required journal writing in the 5th grade here in Virginia. Virginia students have been keeping journals since Kindergarten. The teacher also tells me she has test anxiety. The students in Oklahoma were punished for not performing well on tests. They were pulled aside and made as outcasts. Other kids made fun of you if you had to be in the "special group". In a state where tests are counted as 40% of her grade, test anxiety is not a good thing to have. We have much work ahead of us, but hopefully, we can get past NCLB. I have turned into a full time tutor instead of a mother. I am so disappointed that my daughter has been a victim of this poor social experiment.

Jennifer of VA 9:49AM February 15, 2012