NCLB at the Crossroads : Reexamining the Federal Effort to Close the Achievement Gap

by Rebell, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9780807749449
• ISBN10: 0807749443
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-30
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

This important new work from Rebell and Wolff, authors of the groundbreaking volume Moving Every Child Ahead: From NCLB Hype to Meaningful Educational Opportunity, brings together the nation’s leading researchers and thinkers in the field of educational equity to provide a range of provocative critiques that go well beyond what has already been said on the subject of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Unlike most books, this one puts aside political rhetoric and quick-fix solutions to tackle the truly difficult questions about how to ensure meaningful educational opportunities for all children

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
"Our Children's Burden": A History of Federal Education Policies That Ask (Now Require) Our Public Schools to Solve Societal Inequality	p. 1
The Challenge and Opportunity of African American Educational Achievement	p. 43
Educational Policy for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students: Foundation or Barrier?	p. 83
Standards, Assessments, and Accountability for Students with Disabilities: An Evolving Meaning of a "Free and Appropriate Public Education"	p. 106
"Proficiency for All"-An Oxymoron	p. 134
Improving the Accountability Provisions of NCLB	p. 163
Standards, Tests, and NCLB: What Might Come Next	p. 185
A Federal Foray into Teacher Certification: Assessing the "Highly Qualified Teacher" Provision of NCLB	p. 199
The Problem of Capacity in the (Re)Design of Educational Accountability Systems	p. 230
A Vital and Viable Agenda for Reauthorizing NCLB	p. 262
About the Contributors	p. 279
Index	p. 284
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