Standards-Based Education & NCLB

A Nation at Risk, 1983

Annual Performance and Accountability Reports

Input to Output based

Standardized Tests

Fairness of Tests

Minority Students/Students with Learning Disabilities at Disadvantage

Academically Gifted not Challenged

Is Education Better?

Or Are students now Better Test Takers?

At What Educational Cost?

Economic Factors

Schools That Need the Most Aid Receive the Least Based on Scores

Identify Schools in Need

Adequate Yearly Progress Benchmarks

Measures only One Item

Achieving a Certain score

No Measure of Progress Toward that Score

Deserve a Good Education

Is Relying Soley on Standards the Right Approach?

Support of Principal

LMS Provides Mterials to Raise Zcores

Non Fiction Reading Materials, Math Aids, etc

Are standards well written?

Provide direction, but not Rigid

"Teaching to the Test"

Limits Teacher Creativity and Flexibility

Limits Curriculum

Designed to Improve Teacher Quality

Supposed to Measure Teacher Quality

Provide Additional Professional Development Opportunities

Partners

Given More Choice on Where Child Goes to School Based on Standards

School Vouchers

Test-taking Anxiety/Pressure to do Well

Tests Don't Focus On/Encourage Special Abilities Like Art, Music, etc