Personal Statement On No Child Left Behind Motto

In 2004, coinciding with the conclusion of President George W. Bush’s first term in office, United States Secretary of Education, Rod Paige, released an essay depicting the successes of his administration. Paige’s department spearheaded the initiative sparked by the No Child Left Behind Act, a set of policies enacted to reform education and provide students with an improved degree of learning more suited to the evolving job market. Paige brings light to the findings of his administration, presenting what he considers to be evidence explicitly showing the successful nature of these programs. Through numerous faults with his argumentation and reasoning, however, Paige’s opinion on the outcome of said policies is highly debatable. To judge

The paper included information regarding the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. In the paper, I discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the policy as well as recommended changes to the policy. This paper provided me with the opportunity to question what my beliefs and values are on a policy that directly impacts children. In addition, the paper addresses what I think is important regarding education based on my values. As I wrote the paper, I recognized that I do value the importance of education. I also realized the importance of questioning statements of values and the underlying ethics of policies. I will continue to be competent and strive to increase my professional knowledge and skills in policies as it relates to my values and beliefs.

Control of the public education system has been left to the State for most of the country’s history, it was not until the 1950’s that the federal government played a role in categorical programs, but the national government refrained from involvement in academics until the 90’s. Three days after taking up his position in office, George Bush announced his plan for the No Child Left Behind act (NCLB) which was a consolidated reform of the 1962 Elementary and Secondary Education Act or ESEA (McGuinn, p. 1). ESEA focused on providing resources for the underprivileged students, whereas the NCLB act focuses on all students in public schools. On January 8, 2002, the No Child Left Behind act was enacted. The

The No Child Left Behind Act was implemented to ensure that students in a secondary education public school could attaint the goals set out by the state, have a safe learning environment, and teachers whom are prepared and educated enough to teach all students. The goal of the “No Child Left Behind Act” was to guarantee the success of all students despite the socioeconomic status, backgrounds, even disabilities. It was enacted to “close any gaps” between each individual student despite their many differences; whether those difference be physical, mental, or emotional all students must attain the same scores and reach 100% proficiency.

The United States Constitution is silent on the role of the federal government in public education. Thus, each state and locality has assumed the responsibility of educating their children. The role of the federal government is largely to support the states in this extremely important endeavor, as long as each state does their job effectively. Several events, such as Sputnik and the A Nation at Risk report, have led to the federal government increasing their role in public education. The disparity in the quality of education among states and deficiencies in equitable learning among sub groups has amplified the involvement of the United States government in public education. This trend reached its ' climax with the implementation of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. Over a decade has passed since the full implementation of this landmark legislation and many involved in education and pondering the true success of the program. Has the NCLB agenda improved the quality of learning in America or created a culture of failure that is hindering the efforts of educators?

According to the Nation’s Report Card, only forty percent of 4th graders and thirty-three percent of 8th graders are performing at or above levels of proficiency on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics test in 2015. These numbers are unchanged from 2013, showing that no progress is being made. The United States education system needs to drastically be reformed so that our test scores and work output is comparable to that of higher-achieving nations such as China and Japan. One policy currently in place that is making it difficult for teachers to teach the way they would like is the No Child Left behind Act. The act was originally made so that schools are held accountable for their students’ progress, parents get more choices of which school their children will attend and so that there is more flexibility for how funds can be distributed by the schools. The No Child Left Behind Act needs to be reformed because it encourages teachers to teach to the tests, gives money to schools already succeeding, and forces teachers to focus mainly on students struggling rather than average or excelling students.

The No Child Left Behind Act was the biggest educational step taken by president Bush and his administration. Its main goal included the increase of achievement in education and completely eliminate the gap between different racial and ethnic groups. Its strategies had a major focus on uplifting test scores in schools, hiring “highly qualified teachers” and deliver choices in education. Unluckily, the excessive demands of the law have not succeeded in achieving the goals that were set, and have caused multiple opposing consequences. These unintended consequences affect students negatively which are who the law is most intended in helping. These consequences include a high focus on the low‐level skills which are reflected on high stakes tests; bad assessment of students who have English as a second language and students with special needs; and compelling incentives to eliminate students who score very low from school, so the test scores are achieved to their full potential and their goal (Darling‐Hammond, 2007).

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, President George W. Bush's education reform bill, was signed into law on Jan. 8, 2002. The No Child Left Behind Act says that states will develop and apply challenging academic standards in reading and math. It will also set annual progress objectives to make sure that all groups of students reach proficiency within 12 years. And the act also says that children will be tested annually in grades 3 through 8, in reading and math to measure their progress. The test results will be made public in annual report cards on how schools and states are progressing toward their objectives.

Under the most current statewide mandates of the No Child Left behind Act (NCLBA) (Bush, 2001) educators in the public school system must raise the bar for teaching. This means teaching classroom lessons to effectively educate all styles of learning and bringing students to proficient levels of being educated. Schools are expected to meet these challenges by hiring qualified teachers who are well trained and educated to instruct daily assignments for students. In March of 2010, the Obama Administration sent to Congress a reform amendment of the public schools, NCLBA, to help close some achievement gaps. President Obama has called on Congress to fix the laws to benefit and prepare all students for college or career readiness.

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has been something that brings out a lot of opinions of many different people living in the United States. As with everything political, people have positive opinions of NCLB, but also very negative ones. This spurs from the fact that NCLB may work better for some students, but perhaps not for others. Parents are frustrated by NCLB if their children struggle because of it and perhaps did not struggle before its existence. A lot of things are difficult pertaining to this Act, but one that may be much more difficult than others is when it comes down to dealing with how to teach ELL students in this country. Many people believe that Title III of NCBL really hurts ELLs in the United States, and there are many articles to prove that to be the case. Title III is very much dated in terms of what is happening in this country right now. When able to compare it to the Bilingual Education Act, it seems to have taken a step backward from what was happening in terms of education in the late 20th century. There seems to be more of a focus on ELLs learning English, and not worrying about their native language, even though many young students may not even be especially proficient in their native language, even more so if they came to the United States at a very young age. This paper will show how NCLB and Title III indeed hurt non native students when it comes to learning, and how not having the Act would help ELLs

This literature review seeks to explore the Every Student Succeeds Act (2015), a bipartisan reauthorization and revision to the No Child Left Behind Act (2002). The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the first law passed in fourteen years to address Reneeded changes to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Considered progressive and innovative at the time of its passage, NCLB was the most dramatic and aggressive legislation enacted in decades and afforded the federal government enormous oversight of schools in the U.S. Passage of ESSA represents a shift back to state governance of schools and, whether

Evidence of change is heavily supported by the many change initiatives the United States’ education system has seen in the past few years. There have been programs and initiatives that have been implemented and replaced, due to their ineffectiveness as a whole. Programs such as No Child Left behind (2002) were brought in as an initiative to assist schools with bridging the gap for students who had fell behind or schools who were falling behind; however, this initiative failed due to its one size fits all methodology. The NCLB initiative became too much for schools and school officials to implement effectively. Consequently, in 2015 the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was created to fill the voids that were missing from NCLB. For example, NCLB accountability results were based on test scores alone, while ESSA focuses on multiple progress areas. ESSA provides a well-rounded education program for all students, regardless of their background or home environment. It includes more rigorous college and career readiness standards nationwide. These standards ensure that students nationwide are receiving the same information and skill sets. For example, the college and career readiness standards ensure that students are leaving grade school prepared to think critically, which will allow them to graduate from college or find a career outside of the college realm. NCLB lacked this foundation. The basis for which schools are assessed fall under many components, rather than just

Next, the “No Child left behind Act” it was signed by President George W. Bush and it passed with bipartisan support on Jan. 8, 2002. This Act states that there will be mandated annual testing in the subject reading and math and science. In the grades 3-8 and 10th grade. It shows the "Adequate Yearly Progress" of each school in the system of the United States. (source 1) The biggest point of this Act is that no child is “trapped in a failing school” (source 1). That each student in the United States is being able to get the fair treatment as every other student in United States should receive. This act also emphasis reading, Bush wanted to make sure that each student by third grade were able to read well aka “Putting Reading First”. This reply I have stated in the other paragraphs the Government has put a lot of emphasis on these test and they are highly looked at for the Government. If schools failure to meet up to the standards of the Government, correction must happen. School is closed and teacher need to be fired and replaced. So that our future of American students are able to make sure they 're getting the best education possible.

Ironically, the No Child Left Behind Act was meant to help poverty-stricken children the most, but “despite the ideology that schools should be held accountable for unequal academic progress, children who attend inner-city schools with the highest poverty rates must still overcome the second-rate education they receive in overcrowded classrooms in school facilities that are badly in need of repair” (Hollingworth). The No child Left Behind Act fails to take into consideration the real world application of socioeconomic differences in the United States. Students located in high poverty areas are still responsible for attaining the same level of proficiency the NCLB requires despite the differences the children experience. Even though there are students that “have a cognitive disability, speak entry-level English, or have speech delays, everyone takes the same test and the results are posted,” (Hobart) which has the potential to lower the school’s overall scores. The No Child Left Behind Act requires all students, no matter the differences, to take the same test and achieve the same results. All students are not the same and differ in their ability to perform equally as others on the same test. Students with mental disabilities or students in which English is not their first language are expected to achieve the same scores as general education

The No Child Left Behind Act was proposed in the mid-1990’s, however; it was not until June 2001 when it got voted on, shortly after President George W. Bush signed in to law in January 2002. The No Child Left Behind Act was popular spite it’s many flaws. NCLB had strong intentions, however, there were many underlying issues that were not recognized until the act was put in to action.