No One Left Standing: Will the Rewrite of NCLB Be Enough

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Every public school student in the U.S. will experience various types of testing each year. For decades, the purpose and quality of such testing, the time it takes to administer and take the test and how the data is used are the topic of discussion among students, parents, educators and policymakers. Those supporting the importance of testing assume that more assessment improves student achievement and that the pros of testing outweigh their perceptions of the additional costs. Those against excessive testing, believe that schools are sacrificing learning time in order to test or prepare for the test. They also believe that reduced learning time of non -tested subjects occurs and more time is given to those students that are performing right below the proficiency score or bubble kids instead of developing every students full potential. Testing in U.S. public schools is out of control. The stress and pressures for all involved have effects that are not even measureable in most instances. Is this really the best thing for our schools Are there alternative measures that may serve our future in a better way Will the rewrite of NCLB be enough

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This book will be treasured by teachers, school counselors, school administrators, superintendents, school board members, policy makers, and parents. It will appeal to them because it is interesting, objective, clearly written, thoroughly researched, and extraordinarily practical. -- Gerard Giordano, PhD, professor of education, University of North Florida

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Dr. Michele Wages is an assistant professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University teaching emerging literacy, cultural responsiveness and reading courses to elementary education majors. In her 26 year career, she has served as an instructional specialist on title one campuses in the Dallas- Fort Worth area for nine years including a bilingual campus with an 86 percent Hispanic student enrollment and a free and reduced lunch demographic of 96 percent. She has also served as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts facilitator and has provided professional development training for teachers in Texas