No Child Left Behind Reading

The purpose of the No Child Left Behind is to examine the academic progress of students and the preformance of schools and their districts. Students in the 3rd to 8th grade get standard testing by the state every school year. If a school or district fails, then they have to suffer the consequences. This allows a parent to move their child to a school that shows progress and the schools that failed has to pay for the transportation. Teachers are rated twice a year by the state to make sure they are teaching the cirrulum the way the state wants them to. Teachers wrote down accommodations and as long as the objectives were included, a teacher had fulfilled the requirements to be rated proficient. The biggest test was in April and to prepare for this test there would be monthly tests that helped students prepare for it. When April came, students taking the tests were treated to breakfast every day, given snacks throughout the day, and offered activities instead of instruction in the afternoon. Special needs students were accommodated by one or two teachers' aides that were not called out of the session for any reason. There is so much emphasis is placed on testing, the focus of education is lost. Children wouldn't so much be taught to learn as they would be taught to pass a test. Also teachers would not be caled teachers anymore but rather testers. Stergios Botzakis engaged his students in small group activities and discussions. He told his students that the standardize tests were not the end for them, but they had to take these tests becuase it is used as gatekeepers for higher education. It is relevant for students to be vigilant and critical about the world that they are situated in. The point of education is to create environments where all children can experience the power of their own ideas.