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No Child Left Behind

(aka the Elementary and Secondary Education Act -- ESEA)

President Bush has enacted legislation to reform education from coast to coast. The rules included in this law will have many affects on our schools and students. We need to be well-informed. The sites below are especially relevant to issues related to the annual testing provisions of NCLB.

The official NCLB web site (governmental)

Bomb the Colleges of Education? Provocative commentary from Ken Goodman

The Grade Retention Fallacy: Ideology Trumps Research

Let Them Eat Tests (Article from Rethinking Schools)

Leaving English Learners Behind (Article from Rethinking Schools)

No Child Left Behind helps military recruiters

Standardized Testing and the Dyslexic Learner

Fairtest: National Center for Open and Fair Testing

CalCARE: California Coalition for Authentic Reform in Education

Pencils Down!

Students Against Testing