Nclb Act Pros And Cons

On January 8, 2002, former president George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act, which attempted to improve school’s test scores and accountability. The Act set out to improve education. With the decline in test scores and the racial discrimination in schools, it was time for a change. The change came through the NCLB Act when it tried to fix the issues in schools and make a positive impact for the children. Even though under the NCLB Act some goals were met, overall, the act was not effective in teaching other subjects other than the subjects required, instilling character in our students, and maintaining the consistency of the standards for passing. Before the NCLB Act was passed, education was extremely different. Teachers did distribute tests in math and reading, the main subjects of the No Child Left Behind Act, but, it was not consecutively every year. The tests that were given merely made it a competition among students and did not have a set standard comparative. That created tension in the classroom and immense pressure on the students to do well on the test. One
For one, it tried to improve schools and close gaps between students while giving students a better education. The law gave schools: accountability, flexibility, research-based education and parent options. The accountability included an emphasis on aiding the disadvantaged and attempted to reach a certain standard for each state. The law gave flexibility to schools to use their money in a way that would benefit the students. The research-based education was a portion of the law that emphasized a more beneficial way to teach and was proven helpful through research. Lastly, with many students not doing well in school, more parent options were needed in order to improve schooling. It gave choices to parents who have children going to Title I schools, or schools with numerous low-income students (“No