No Child Left Behind of 2001

No Child Left Behind of 2001

Proposed Legislation

The titles and sub titles of the legislation are:

Improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged

Training, recruiting and preparing highly qualified principals and teachers

Language instruction for limited immigrant students and English proficient

21st century schools

Promoting informed parental choice and innovative programs

Flexibility and accountability

Indian, native Hawaiian, and Alaska native education

Impact aid program

General provisions

Repeals, redesignations, and amendments to other statutes

Repeals

Redesignations

Homeless Education

Native American Education Improvement

Higher education act of 1965

General Education Provisions Act

Miscellaneous Other Statutes (http://www2.ed.gov, 2012)

Basic principles of No Child Left Behind Act

No Child Left Behind Act sets out four basic principles:

The first is the greater emphasis on institutional accountability. This means that schools, school districts, and local educational agencies will be responsible for the productivity of students and consistent results. The change is given to schools such as greater local control, and federal support. Each school has to work in its area, determine their priorities, and work with them. The requirement that students must go well, do not depend on the federal government, but on each school.

Second principle is the increased flexibility and control of state agencies. It facilitates the acquisition of funds and the address of these, and the use of funds in a manner that best lead the specific local needs.

Third principle is the increased decision making power to parents. They should be informed of the test results, which their children perform in schools. This is one of the ways of improving the performance of children. Families should participate in establishing the criteria standards. Once these are established, families should ask their children's schools to make clear what criteria, and what every child should is learning.

Last is the emphasis on teaching methods so that they are proven effective. To experiment with theories or systems that is not known. One must use methods that work to get results.

Who will it effect

The No Child Left behind Act aims to improve the quality of education. Thus, it wants to match the quality of education for all children who attend public school system. Before its approval, the law has brought controversy about the real consequences of their application. For much law continues to affect poor and minority. However, the aim is to achieve equality in the quality of education for all sectors. The law provides funds if schools improve test scores, and maintain adequate progress (United States. Dept. of Education, 2004). While quality got required, some critics argue that the requirements are not in line with the needs, or provide enough money to meet them. Others point out that the principals from the law have only focused on the schools doing well in the tests. To its supporters the tests go well denotes learning, quality and the work being performed.

One of the most important positive effects is that it calculates and evaluates schools' performance by taken the tests on education level. If the school does not meet the requirement of the act, that school would not be provided any further fund for education facilities and furthermore, ...