U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings recently announced new proposed regulations to the NCLB act. Speaking from Detroit, Michigan, on April 22, 2008 Secretary Spellings outlined some of the new regulations proposed to help strengthen and clarify the act authorized by President Bush in 2002. Some proposed regulations include:
Uniform methods to calculate graduation rates Currently states use their own methods, many of which are based on unreliable data and often lead to overestimates. With the new regulation, all schools will use the same formulas to calculate how many students graduate from high school and how many drop out.
Proper and timely notification to parents of their public school choice and supplemental education options The regulation will ensure states make information regarding free tutoring; its availability and efficacy, are made available to the public. Schools failing to demonstrate proper notification to parents risk the ability to spend federal funds.
States will also be required to publicize vacancies in high performing schools at least 14 days prior to the start of school. This ensures that students allowed to transfer to the higher performing school can make the switch in a timely manner.
Federal review of state policy regarding assessments There is a call to review state policies regarding the exclusion of test scores of students in racial groups that are deemed too small to be statistically significant. These policies may set aside too many students test scores.
For a complete summary of all proposed regulations to the NCLB act go to, www.ed.gov. After reviewing the proposed regulations, do you think they are enough? How you change NCLB if you could?
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I personally think that the work offered on this website has been quite challenging for my daughter. The work is college level....I thought this was to be high school work. I have had teachers in high school try to help her and they are shocked at the work she is being asked to do. So my child may be "left behind" due to the work she is being required to do.
If no child is to be left behind, then why do we make high school credit requirements impossible! There are kids that will never graduate do to the pressures of what should be the best time of their life! I know senator's that only had to get 18 credit hours and that was in the last 25 years. There are many people in high position jobs that had only two years of math! Do we not think life is stressful enough on these kids as to pile a curriculum on them that is not even matched in a masters program.
Maybe "Some children left behind" would be a more appropriate name. Actually, "a lot of children left behind" would be more accurate. Let's hope the new administration will handle education more sensibly.
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