AP: Most States Fall Short on Student Testing (NCLB)

[Eugene]

Most States Fall Short on Student Testing


Friday July 7, 2006 12:31 AM

By BEN FELLER

AP Education Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Most states are failing to pass muster with the government
over student testing and may lose money unless they improve quickly.

The Education Department says 34 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
have major problems with the tests that were supposed to be in place in the just-
ended school year. They will get federal approval only if they correct the problems
in the coming year.

In addition, Nebraska and Maine had their testing systems rejected outright.

They all face the threat of losing from $40,000 to more than $1 million of the money
they receive to administer the No Child Left Behind law. In most cases, the total
would be less than $100,000; Nebraska and Maine could lose one-quarter of their
dollars.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5935199,00.html

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. That was the original idea, right?

Set up a plan for testing that would force teachers to teach to the test, which would negatively impact the students' actual learning, making the possibility of succeeding on the test even less likely. The result? The unfunding of the public school system.

This was promulgated by the very people who originally wanted to eliminate the Department of Education.

Why eliminate the Department of Education when you can use the Department of Education to undermine public schools altogether?

A guaranteed path to a well educated elite, and undereducated masses, just like in the Gilded Age. The rich, with their high degrees, telling the commoners that everything they need to know is in the bible.

The final undoing of the New Deal and the GI Bill, which made equality a real possibility in this country.

[Art_from_Ark]

2. "NCLB" should be changed to "NRCLB"

No RICH Child Left Behind

[mopinko]

3. follow the money

the purpose was to make neil bush and others in the education material and tutoring businesses rich.

[spooked]

4. YES, that was the idea right from the start!

I remember C-SPAN showing behind the scenes coverage of the 2000 Republican Party Platform. One woman came right out and said that they wanted to do away with the Department of Education, and another guy quickly hushed her up saying, Yeah, but we can't come right out and say that. I think they forgot they were on national TV at that moment.