NCLB notes

No Child left behind intended to expand upon equity imperatives of Title I and combine them w/ eductional reforms from the state standards movement
promises equal opportunity
1. academic proficiency for all in 2014
proficiency define by each state's academic standards
3. "highly qualified teachers
4. states + school districts accountable for ensuring all schools have capcity to keep up with needed progress, consequences and sanctions for schools that do not meet expectations
5. student progress measured through annual assessments determined by state standards, reported in disaggergted form by racial/ethnic/disability/income groupings

NCLB has failed to achieve any objectives

1. NO state is on track to reach full profiency by 2014
number of schools that fail to achieve is likely to accelerate, no progress in reading or math, achievement gaps between poor and middle class
2. most states do not have challenging acad standards, states have lowered criteria in response to NCLB pressres
3. law has ensured teachers of minimum qualification, still massive gap between poor and middle class teacher quality
4. schools in need of improvement lack resources and instructional capacity to deliver more successful students, states and school districts also lack resources
5. many states tests are not valid in accordance with psychometric standards, most state nosts not fully aligned with state acad stands, test validity affects english language learners and students w/ disabilities most

NCLB timetable puts unreasonable performance expectation w/ minimal support

law doesnt define 'challenging' pace, states set sloppy standrds
states are penalized for setting high standards and not living up to them

some support NCLB because of symbolic commitment to educational equity
"NCLB is a start"
possible to repair apparent disconnect between equity ovjectives of nclb and ineffective reform mechanisms
can it be revised?
Demanding national goals of NCLB *are* achievable
Positive academic goals must be demonstrated for all races under NCLB, but no school system has ever achieved goals set by NCLB

NCLB labels schools "in need of improvement" for failing to meet impossible goals, has effect on public perception
concept of punishment Doesn't Fucking Work
states can backload acceleration of standards under nclb
proficiency-for-all mandate must be modified

Proficiency goals are stressed while opportunity goals are spoken of minimally
NCLB reconsidered: Is it delivering MEANINGFUL education opportunities?
Meaningful has judicial and legislative antecedents that give it meaning
Consistent progress toward high levels of achievement rather than concrete levels of such
Add another dimension of judging school performance: Measure how quickly the gaps in educational opportunity are being narrowed
NCLB bargain: Increased resources for increase accountability
Extra funding has not even covered the costs of new testing and administration!
NCLB standards allow teachers with minimum qualifications to pass requirements
Health-regulated barriers to learning
Lower-class children lack linguistic development in early age

At the root of achievement gaps are opportunity gaps
Concentrates of accountability instead of developing a support framework

Comprehensive cost analyses with suggestions for how to increase cost-efficiency

Hey, what if we trade increased states rights for the inclusion of a broad antidiscriminatory civil rights framework as an amendment to the constitution.
"Laboratory" of the states

Supreme Court decided in Tex v Rodriguez that public education is not under federal interest in Constitution
Challenges to inequitable funding at the state level have met with significant success--changing legislation using the court