No Child Left Behind

by Yell, Mitchell L.; Drasgow, Erik

• ISBN13: 9780131708594
• ISBN10: 0131708597
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This book offers a thorough examination of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and its effect on American public education. Coverage provides a description of the legal structure of NCLB, along with a succinct summary of the law's purpose and major principles. The authors explain the Act's relationship to its predecessor, the Elementary and Secondary School Act, and explore the implications for teachers, principals, and school administrators of this significant and controversial expansion of the federal government's roel in education today.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Purpose, Goals, and Structure	1	(19)
Chapter 2 No Child Left Behind: Standards, Assessments, and Accountability	20	(25)
Chapter 3 No Child Left Behind: Highly Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals	45	(21)
Chapter 4 Reading First	66	(24)
Chapter 5 Additional Provisions of No Child Left Behind	90	(19)
Chapter 6 The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Implications for Administrators, Teachers, and Teacher Trainers	109	(11)
Appendix	120	(2)
References	122

Excerpts

This Merrill/Prentice Hall Student Enrichment Series guide examines t e' No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 and its effect on the education of students in America's public schools. This law is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary School Act and represents a very significant expansion of the federal government into education. The goal is to acquaint readers with NCLB.This guide describes the legal structure of NCLB. No Child Left Behind is a massive and complex law that consists of more than 1,000 pages of statutes and regulations. The purpose of the law, with special attention to those sections of the law that are most relevant to schools, is addressed. Important principles of the law relevant to states, school districts, and schools are reviewed, but a comprehensive examination of NCLB is beyond the scope of this guide. For readers seeking more information, additional resources throughout each section are provided.For readers to gain a thorough understanding of this very important law, they need to know how their state addresses and applies NCLB's requirements. Each state will have its own unique ways of addressing the requirements of the law. Discussion questions throughout each section require the reader to seek information about their state's interpretation of NLCB.