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Leaving No Child Behind?
Frederick M. . Ed(S): Hess
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Description for Leaving No Child Behind?
Paperback. Editor(s): Hess, Frederick M. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JPP; JPQB; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
NCLB is the signal domestic policy initiative of the Bush administration and the most ambitious piece of federal education legislation in at least thirty-five years. Mandating a testing regime to force schools to continually improve student performance, it uses school choice and additional learning resources as sticks and carrots intended to improve low-performing schools and districts. The focus is on improving alternatives to children in low-performing schools. Here top experts evaluate the potential and the problems of NCLB in its initial stages of implementation. This first look provides valuable insights, offering lessons crucial to understanding this dramatic change in American ... Read more
NCLB is the signal domestic policy initiative of the Bush administration and the most ambitious piece of federal education legislation in at least thirty-five years. Mandating a testing regime to force schools to continually improve student performance, it uses school choice and additional learning resources as sticks and carrots intended to improve low-performing schools and districts. The focus is on improving alternatives to children in low-performing schools. Here top experts evaluate the potential and the problems of NCLB in its initial stages of implementation. This first look provides valuable insights, offering lessons crucial to understanding this dramatic change in American ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
Number of Pages
313
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349529230
SKU
V9781349529230
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Reviews for Leaving No Child Behind?
"It is time for public debate about NCLB to move beyond hype, hope, and imagined fears. This collection is at the cutting edge of what will be a new wave of empirically-based assessments. It will be an important resource for all concerned about the implications of NCLB." - Jeffrey R. Henig, Teachers College, Columbia University, Co-author, Building Civic Capacity: The ... Read more