CNN/AP: One fourth of nation's schools fail 'no child' standards

[DeepModem Mom]

One fourth of nation's schools fail 'no child' standards

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than a fourth of the nation's schools failed to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Law last year, according to preliminary numbers reported to the Department of Education.

About half the states increased the number of schools making "adequate yearly progress" in improving student test scores in math and reading in the 2004-05 school year. Overall, 27 percent of the schools failed to show adequate improvement, up one percentage point from the year before.

"This is just one piece of data we look at," said Chad Colby, a spokesman for the Department of Education. These numbers alone don't signify a trend in how schools are doing, he said Wednesday. "This isn't a trend indicator in proficiency."

Schools receiving federal poverty aid can be sanctioned for not making "adequate yearly progress" two years in a row, with administrators and teachers eventually being replaced.

To meet goals, schools must show overall improvement, plus gains by minority students, poor students, students with limited English skills and students with disabilities....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/03/29/no.child.left.behind.ap/index.html

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. That's because the criteria

is unreasonable, in my opinion.

[wordpix]

2. in our state, the towns pay nearly 100% for schools & they're hurting b/c

nothing is trickling down to state or towns from feds

[Canuckistanian]

3. Well, let's take away more money from them til they smarten up

Free dumb isn't free.

[DainBramaged]

5. I thought it was dumb free isn't free? But who's dumber?

Those in Washington who bought into this bullshit, or those who allowed it to go unchallenged. That little douche bag in the White House knew exactly what he was doing. And a generation of kids will be penalized for it.

[Canuckistanian]

6. Can't have an uneducated, low paid work force....

... if too many people are educated, right? They might ask for higher wages and fair treatment!

[AnneD]

12. That is the actual plan.....

By underfunding, the Feds set the schools up to fail. Once they 'fail' to meet the standard...theses fundies that want to send their kids to private schools will be able to take them out legally and have a voucher to pay their tuition to Talabian Christian High. The public schools lose more money and have even less resources. It costs a lot to educate poorer. foreign born, and handicapped kids, and not so much for your average kids. The money is averaged so everyone is taken care of. Public schools have a legal and moral obligation to take all kids. Vouchers will lead to defacto discrimination and underfunded public schools will become like charity hospitals....the educator of last choice instead of the system we have today (which by the way is not AS bad as the spew that come from the WH and MSM).

[HereSince1628]

4. Wasn't this the plan?

Provide evidence that many public schools aren't very good.

This seems to me to play into that part of the conservative agenda arguing that children should have the opportunity to go to good schools. You know, those quality private schools that the evangelicals run.

[ugarte]

9. Agreed. It's all about $$ for Bible schools...nt

[Supersedeas]

10. What about the schools that are excelling--wanna bet they are adequately

funded....hmmmm

[earthside]

7. Discredit Public Education

The whole point behind 'No Child Left Behind' and the Bush-inspired standardized testing that all states now have to give is to discredit public education.

"This isn't a trend indicator in proficiency."

HA!

Mark my words ... the radical Republicans and Christofascists will say that it IS a trend and that the public schools have failed. They will then argue that --- it is time to try vouchers, nationwide.

'No Child Left Behind' should be repealed.

[ugarte]

8. Exactly. Bush's education plan: put them all in Bible school...nt

[kineneb]

11. note this about matches child poverty rate?

I have seen estimates that around 20% of US children live in "poverty". Add in the mentally handicapped and ESL kids and one has the 25% right there.