No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (PL 107-110)
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a general standard to which teachers and students alike are held to. It defines the qualifications required of educators and the level of achievement a student must reach in order to be awarded and diploma. The intent behind the law is to create a national standard that every student can achieve, and to ensure the competence of America's educators.
All students, even special education students, are to be assessed yearly in grades 3 through 8 in the subjects of reading, mathematics and science. Between grades 10 through 12, only one assessment in necessary.
This law also mandates that yearly performance evaluations of every public school, as well as teacher qualifications, be made available to parents and the public.
PL 107-110 leans heavily on the idea that any student, no matter how delayed or disabled, should be able to succeed if a highly enough qualified teacher with the correct instructional methods is overseeing his or her progress. This will mean more attention will be placed on exposing special education students to general education curricula, and IEP goals will most likely start to look much like general education standards. Also, colleges and universities will most likely be required revamp their education curricula for future teachers. (Gargiulo 54)
All students, even special education students, are to be assessed yearly in grades 3 through 8 in the subjects of reading, mathematics and science. Between grades 10 through 12, only one assessment in necessary.
This law also mandates that yearly performance evaluations of every public school, as well as teacher qualifications, be made available to parents and the public.
PL 107-110 leans heavily on the idea that any student, no matter how delayed or disabled, should be able to succeed if a highly enough qualified teacher with the correct instructional methods is overseeing his or her progress. This will mean more attention will be placed on exposing special education students to general education curricula, and IEP goals will most likely start to look much like general education standards. Also, colleges and universities will most likely be required revamp their education curricula for future teachers. (Gargiulo 54)
Why We Comply with this Law
The No Child Left Behind Act needs to be followed for the fact that it reenforces the foundations of IDEA. It seeks to make sure that the teachers teaching all children are competent and fair. It established a nationwide norm for all public school classrooms, a national lesson plan, if you will, that makes reestablishment to a new school, school district or even state as seamless as possible with no gaps to be covered in a child's curriculum. All students are now evaluated in core classes to measure their progress and to monitor the competency of their educators, and this information is required to be made public so that parents and members of the community can see how their school district is fairing overall, and how their children and children's peers are developing as a whole in their area.