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Hardy, Lawrence – American School Board Journal, 2003
Education researcher Gerald Bracey claims that the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) will result in privatization and educational vouchers because schools are expected to show regular gains in the proportion of students judged "proficient." (MLF)
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational Testing, Educational Vouchers, Federal Legislation
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Direct linkEdmondson, Jacqueline; Shannon, Patrick – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2003
Case study of a poor, rural Pennsylvania school district's experience with the Reading First initiative illustrates how the No Child Left Behind Act confines districts to a few federally prescribed, "scientifically proven" curricula that ignore local conditions. Sanctioned schools are negatively labeled but receive inadequate funding,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Centralization, Criticism, Educational Policy
