Do not make the mistake of thinking that because my conclusion is the same as another person's that my reasoning is the same
Open Source Politics has a number of articles about this problem: one by me and three by Jay Bullock. In addition, Mark A. R. Kleiman has an article about how NCLB inspires folks to game the system.
By Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 13, 2003; Page A01
FAIRLEA, W.Va. -- President Bush's No Child Left Behind education program -- acclaimed as a policy and political breakthrough by the Republicans in January 2002 -- is threatening to backfire on Bush and his party in the 2004 elections.
The signature education plan is pledged to improve the performance of students, teachers and schools with yearly tests and serious penalties for failure. Although many Republicans and Democrats are confident the system will work in the long run, Bush is being criticized in swing states such as West Virginia for not adequately funding programs to help administrators and teachers meet the new, and critics say unreasonable, standards.
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