Reauthorizing No Child Left Behind Facts and Recommendations

• Main Author: Stecher, Brian M. (auth)
• Other Authors: Vernez, Georges (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2010
• Subjects: Curriculum planning & development; Teaching of students with English as a second language (TESOL); Educational strategies & policy; Education
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Studies suggest that the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001's goal of 100 percent of U.S. students proficient in reading and mathematics by 2014 will not be met. The authors recommend more-uniform state academic standards and teacher requirements and broader measures of student learning, includin...