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Originally Posted by nana053
The NCLB was designed to make public schools fail so that private schools could take over. Everything else that has been said about it is pure propaganda.
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I hadn't thought about this, but it sure does seem to be taking a long time to get rid of public schools. I don't see it coming anytime soon.
It doesn't help when this is reported by the Department of Education.
"The Department of Education points to the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results, released in July 2005, showing improved student achievement in reading and math:
[14]- More progress was made by nine-year-olds in reading in the last five years than in the previous 28 years combined.
- America's nine-year-olds posted the best scores in reading (since 1971) and math (since 1973) in the history of the report. America's 13-year-olds earned the highest math scores the test ever recorded.
- Reading and math scores for black and Hispanic nine-year-olds reached an all-time high.
- Achievement gaps in reading and math between white and black nine-year-olds and between white and Hispanic nine-year-olds are at an all-time low.
- Forty-three states and the District of Columbia either improved academically or held steady in all categories (fourth- and eighth-grade reading and fourth- and eighth-grade math)."
No Child Left Behind Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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