Education Dept. Warns of Erroneous E-Mails on No Child Left Behind
The U.S. Department of Education is seeking to debunk widely circulated e-mails that erroneously say the No Child Left Behind Act mandates that students who fail their 10th grade reading and math tests must accept an inferior high school completion certificate that would prohibit them from attending college or vocational school.
“These e-mails are inaccurate, could lead to misunderstanding, and need to be corrected,” Chad Colby, a spokesman for the Education Department, said in a public statement released May 24.
The e-mails, which appear to have been circulating for about a month, urge parents to spread the word about a provision “slipped in” by President Bush during a supposed 2004 revision to the federal law. The e-mails say that students who do not pass their states’ 10th grade tests in language arts and mathematics must either drop out of school and seek a General Educational Development credential or accept...
This article is available to subscribers only.
To keep reading this article and more, subscribe now or purchase this article.
Subscribe to Education Week and Save
Get a full year and save up to 45%!
Viewed
Emailed
Recommended
Commented
- Principals
- Prince George's County Public Schools, MD
- Program Coordinator
- Institute for Educational Advancement, South Pasadena, CA
- Superintendent
- Pinellas County Schools, Pinellas County, FL
- 2 Positions -Associate Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer, and Director of Human of Resources
- Washington County Public Schools, Hagerstown, MD
- K-8 Principal
- EdVantages/Performance Academies, Detroit, MI
