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Questions and answers on No Child Left Behind
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Published: February 11, 2012
WASHINGTON - Ten states now have President Barack Obama's approval to scrap one of the most rigorous and unpopular mandates in American education — that all students measure up in reading and math by 2014.
In exchange, the states had to promise that they would raise standards and develop more creative ways to measure what students are learning.
Some questions and answers about the No Child Left Behind education law:
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As the 2014 deadline approaches, more schools are failing to meet requirements under the law, with nearly half not doing so last year, according to the Center on Education Policy. Center officials said that's because some states today have harder tests or have high numbers of immigrant and low-income children, but it's also because the law requires states to raise the bar each year for how many children must pass the test. Q:
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The current law requires schools to use standardized tests in math and reading to determine student progress. The waivers do not excuse states from those requirements, but instead give them the freedom to use science, social studies and other subjects in their measures of student progress. States with a waiver also can include scores on college admissions exams and other tests in their calculation of how schools are performing. They can be excused from penalties included in the federal law but are required to come up with their own set of sanctions for low-performing schools. Q:
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