State, Local Officials Critical of NCLB
Local and state officials say tests linked to No Child Left Behind don't tell a full picture, and the state is requesting a waiver from the program.
St. Louis Park Public Schools didn’t meet No Child Left Behind standards this year, but district and state officials say the evaluation process isn’t a full and accurate measure. The federal law, which was passed in 2001, requires school districts across the country to administer standardized tests to see if schools are making adequate yearly progress (AYP). This year, nearly half of the state’s 2,255 schools are not hitting the mark, according to data made public on Friday. State Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius has labeled the process as “unfair,” and she is leading the push for Minnesota to apply for a waiver that would release the state from certain sanctions tied to NCLB, including requiring some schools to provide students …
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Karen Waters
2:32 pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011
SLP Schools (students and teachers) are some of the very best in this state. NCLB is about enriching testing companies and dividing the education dollar pie -- it really isn't about kids and progress because if that were really the case the law would have been written much differently. Anyone with an ounce of common sense or who spends any time at all in our schools knows that tremendous learning… more ›