NCLB

The No Child Left Behind Act is supposed to be a good thing for schools. When you simply hear about it, it does seem like a good plan. A plan that makes sure that kids are all learning the same thing and need to pass tests in order to show they know it sounds like a good thing. The problem is it is not as good as it sounds. Yeah the idea seems like a good idea, but when you really think about it there are problems. One thing i feel is a problem is that some kids are just bad test takers. This whole act is based on standardized testing and if some kids are not good at testing chances are those kids will never really do well on the test. Another thing that is wrong with this act is it is forcing teachers to teach for the test. The teachers have limited time to be creative with kids and branch off into different things because they have to make sure their kids know the material for the tests. Yes, know the stuff you need to know to take these tests are important, but when a teacher has to make sure everything gets covered by a certain time in a certain way it leaves them now time to do other things with the kids. Sometimes open discussions about things that are not exactly in the curriculum can help kids learn better, but teachers cannot do things like that because they have to make sure they teach for the test. No Child Left Behind is something that is forcing kids through school which is not letting them get the other information outside of the testing information that they need in order to be successful. It is a good idea, but it needs to be changed in order to fit students better and not just push them through school.