With the release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress everyone is anxious to see whether years of No Child Left Behind have in fact closed the achievement gap between white and minority students. To make a long assessment short: no. While student assessment scores are generally on the rise (as compared to the 1970s) the gap between scores for white students and scores for their minority peers has remained more or less consistent. Given that NCLB has demonstrated significant shortcomings, click here to read what leading education advocates see as the future of school reform.
With the release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress everyone is anxious to see whether years of No Child Left Behind have in fact closed the achievement gap between white and minority students. To make a long assessment short: no. While student assessment scores are generally on the rise (as compared to the 1970s) the gap between scores for white students and scores for their minority peers has remained more or less consistent. Given that NCLB has demonstrated significant shortcomings, click here to read what leading education advocates see as the future of school reform.