Does No Child Left Behind encourage schools to teach to the test and ignore the needs of the individual child?

Please comment according to your experience or national data. Asked by stache 58 months ago Similar questions: Child Left encourage schools teach test ignore individual child Education & Reference.

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No child left behind is well meaning... but it doesn't consider the needs of the individual child. Yes, the tests are being taught. Yes, it is taking away from instructional time and the needs of the child.

This is especially evident in Special Education where the states have developed Alternative Assessments, which are basically portfolios of student work...which would be fine, but the work that they're requiring of ALL students with special needs is ridiculous. There are students who need to learn how to count money, they need to learn how to use the bathroom independently, how to tie their shoes. Because of no child left behind, they are (supposedly) learning physical science, algebra, american literature, etc.The valuable instruction time that is being used to satisfy government mandates could be used to help these students learn things that would improve their quality of life when they leave school.

But politicians know best, right? .

I believe so.....and I'm not alone. My mother is a superintendent and detests the plan. I think the core concept was noble, but poor delivery and implementation are bound to cause trouble.

For example, the general idea of increasing accountability and standards is a good one - many studies have shown that the U.S. lags other countries in its educational standards, so our kids are at a disadvantage. However, my mother pointed out that the biggest problem for her is that many mentally and emotionally challenged children fall under the act. This means the bottom end is held to the same standards as the top end, and can create funding problems for schools that cannot get these kids to pass the tests (which may be very difficult to do, for reasons outside the educators' control - remember, one school may have only three challenged children, while another may have dozens).

If you want to really check this act out, Wikipedia has a decent entry.

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