NAEP Gains Are Elusive in Key Areas
Friends and Foes Question NCLB Law’s Effectiveness
The Bush administration said last week that newly released 2005 results from “the nation’s report card” confirm that the No Child Left Behind Act is on track. But many in the education community questioned that conclusion, given that reading achievement remained relatively flat and that progress in math has slowed over the past two years.
While some narrowing of the achievement gaps between generally higher-scoring white students and their generally lower-scoring African-American and Hispanic peers has occurred, even supporters of the law say those gains on the National Assessment of Educational Progress are not nearly enough.
“To make a claim that these NAEP results demonstrate that NCLB is working is just basically out of line, if you’re really concerned about evidence-based policy,” said James W. Kohlmoos, the president of the National Education Knowledge Industry Association, a trade...
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