NCLB's Broad Impact

Studies Weigh NCLB's Broad Impact
By Dakarai I. Aarons
Washington
State-level implementation of the federal No Child Left Behind Act has changed how education is delivered and to whom, researchers have found. Still, they say, it’s difficult in some cases to measure which changes can be attributed solely to the law.

The researchers presented their findings at a conference hosted yesterday by the Washington-based Urban Institute’s National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research and the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University. They studied state implementation of the landmark federal education law and its impact on student achievement, teacher distribution and quality, and the teaching of subjects not covered in the law, among other topics.

With Congress likely to take up reauthorization of the law next year—an attempt in 2007 stalled on Capitol Hill—researchers and policymakers are looking for lessons learned.

Coach Sherrie says: Sorry, but I couldn't download the entire article. I just keep wondering where the leaders are going to come from if we don't care about the top students anymore. I also wonder when they are ever going to ask the teachers how they think things are going.