Who’s failing the student or the test?
by Mary Wiltenburg
Refugee Bill Clinton Hadam’s tears of frustration in school have ended and he relishes challenge. But his progress is not considered adequate by federal government standards.What does it mean, in America’s public schools, for a student to fail? What does it mean for a school to fail its students? The current national framework for answering these questions the 2002 No Child Left Behind act (NCLB) could not be more controversial. Meantime, critics and proponents agree on this: Finding a good way to describe and evaluate student success is key to the future of public education.
The Christian Science Monitor, 2/11/2009