Leaving No Child Behind – Options for Kids in Failing Schools

Markbreiter ,Steve

Topics

AdministrationViolenceSupervisionLeadership

Adult EducationCorp. Training and Continuing Ed.LiteracyTransformative Learning

Assessment & EvaluationProgram EvaluationAlternative AssessmentGradingStandardized Testing

Social ContextHistory of SchoolingPhilosophyUrban EducationEconomics and School-to-workRural EducationSociology of EducationWar and EducationPost-Industrial Education

CounselingSecondary SchoolsCollege Advising

CurriculumControlArtsSocial StudiesHealth and NutritionLanguage ArtsMathematicsPeace StudiesScience

DiversityRace and EthnicityAt-Risk StudentsSpecial NeedsGender and Sexuality

Early Childhood EducationPre-School and Child CareEarly Childhood Development

Higher EducationAdmissions and TuitionFacultyPolicyStudent and Community Life

International EducationComparative EducationEducational Development

LearningCognitionParental InfluenceEducational Psychology

PolicyReformCharters & VouchersHigh-Stakes TestingStandardsAthletes and AcademicsDropoutsIndependent SchoolsPhilanthropyPoliticsReligionTracking

Research MethodsQualitative MethodsSurvey ResearchExperimental ResearchLibrariesWriting for Publication

Teacher EducationProfessional DevelopmentSchools of EducationStudent Teaching

TeachingTeaching ProfessionSupply and DemandWorking Conditions

TechnologyTechnology in the ClassroomDistance LearningTechnology EducationPublishing and CommunicationOnline Publishing

IntersectionsPolicy and Teaching Practice

Discussion
My Experience Technology - Good for Students AND Teachers Fiddling with Indicators while using Toxic Tests Ode to Dewey Clearly Articulated Proposal--Thank You!
more >>

Announcements

Call for Chapters: Credential Innovations for Inclusive Pathways to Professions

Call for Proposals

IJEP- CALL FOR PAPERS. RESPONDING TO NEOLIBERALISM THROUGH PRAXIS AND REFLECTIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF CRISIS WHERE THE RESISTANCE AND NEW LIVES EMERGE

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS and BOOK CHAPTERS

Research on Education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East

make a post | more >>

Leaving No Child Behind – Options for Kids in Failing Schools

reviewed by Steve Markbreiter - 2006

Title: Leaving No Child Behind – Options for Kids in Failing Schools
Author(s): Frederick M. Hess and Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Publisher: Palgrave/MacMillan, New York
ISBN: 1403965889, Pages: 303, Year: 2004
Search for book at Amazon.com

The No Child Left Behind Act (“NCLB”) has changed the landscape of public education in this country. NCLB’s standards and accountability provisions require that public schools annually test all students in grades 3–8 in reading and math and that every state measure whether its schools are making “adequate yearly progress” (AYP). Schools that fail to make AYP face the sanctions of public school choice (the option of moving to another school) and supplemental educational services (the opportunity to receive free tutoring). In Leaving No Child Behind—Options for Kids in Failing Schools, Frederick M. Hess and Chester E. Finn, Jr., bring together a select group of researchers for a formative analysis of NCLB. While the editors note that it is too early to evaluate how NCLB’s provisions have affected student achievement, this book seeks to assess early evidence on local implementation of choice and supplemental services and whether these tools are on... (preview truncated at 150 words.)

To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:

Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 108 Number 8, 2006, p. 1638-1642
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 12207, Date Accessed: 1/27/2021 12:00:19 PM

Purchase Reprint Rights for this article or review

Article Tools
Email this article Print this article Post a Comment

Related Discussion

Post a Comment \| Read All

About the Author
Steve Markbreiter National Academy Foundation E-mail Author STEVE MARKBREITER is Senior Director with the National Academy Foundation (NAF), which works to reform high school education throughout the country through school-community partnerships and career-themed instruction. His responsibilities include the coordination and development of NAF’s support and technical assistance materials, which includes managing curriculum development and delivery, professional development, and technical assistance resources for schools and districts. Previously, Steve managed the Academy of Finance program, including communications with existing programs, review, approval and support of new program sites, and technical assistance to existing sites. Steve received his doctorate in Educational Organization and Leadership from Columbia University, Teachers College, as well as a J.D. from State University of New York at Buffalo and a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University. Prior to joining NAF in 2001, Steve was a Social Studies teacher at Washington Irving High School and Port Chester High School, in New York.

Member Center
	Welcome! Sign-in Submit My Work TCR @ Your Library Book Reviews @ Your Library

In Print

This Month's Issue
Back Issues: