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Not long ago there was a serious discussion on this site concerning a study that compared the NCLB standards and tests in all 50 states to each other.

There were several people who wanted to read the study. I came across the actually study when I was working on my master's thesis this morning. I do not know how to put a link in, but here is the web site. The study is called THE PROFICIENCY ILLUSION

Here is the first page of the study:

No Child Left Behind made many promises, one of the most important of them being a pledge to Mr. and Mrs. Smith that they would get an annual snapshot of how their little Susie is doing in school. Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer would get an honest appraisal of how their local schools and school system are faring. Ms. Brown, Susie’s teacher, would get helpful feedback from her pupils’ annual testing data. And the children themselves would benefit, too. As President Bush explained last year during a school visit, “One of the things t...See More
here is the web site [link removed]
Jul 15, 2008


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