November 2006
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November 2006 | Volume 64 | Number 3
NCLB: Taking Stock, Looking Forward
Feature Articles
Perspectives / The NCLB Issue
Marge Scherer
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NCLB: Is There Life Beyond Testing?
Christy Guilfoyle
NCLB's greatest effect thus far has been an emphasis on standardized assessment.
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Highly Qualified Teachers for All
Linda Darling-Hammond and Barnett Berry
Ensuring a strong teaching force is NCLB's greatest promise and should be the number one priority.
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A Catch-22 for Language Learners
Wayne E. Wright
NCLB sets impossible hurdles for students with limited English proficiency.
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Needed: Higher Standards for Accountability
Paul E. Barton
Here's how to correct the flawed school accountability system.
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A Positive Agenda for ESEA
Reg Weaver
The NEA addresses assessment, teacher development, school sanctions, and funding in its proposal for improving NCLB.
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No More Invisible Kids
Kati Haycock
Poor and minority students benefit most from the spotlight NCLB shines on them.
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What Are NCLB's Instructional Costs?
Michael B. Zellmer, Anthony Frontier and Denise Pheifer
Wisconsin ASCD surveyed administrators to measure the time and resources that NCLB implementation requires.
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A Firsthand Look at NCLB
Responses by e-mail to our question: How is NCLB affecting you?
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Turmoil in the Testing Industry
Thomas Toch
The testing companies must find qualified measurement experts, comply with tight deadlines, and improve test quality, to name a few immense challenges.
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Assessment Around the World
Iris C. Rotberg
A look at testing practices in England, Turkey, Germany, Singapore, Japan, and China.
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The Side Effects of NCLB
Gordon Cawelti
Of great concern is the narrowing of the curriculum.
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How NCLB Drives Success in Urban Schools
Heather Zavadsky
NCLB spurs key improvements in many districts. Here's a look at what Broad Prize finalists accomplished.
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A Tale of Unintended Consequences
Jennifer Corn
To raise fluency scores, this teacher threw out good practice.
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How a Strong School Faced “Failure”
Lori Likis
A school “in need of corrective action” presses onward.
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Departments
All About Accountability / Phony Formative Assessments: Buyer Beware!
W. James Popham
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Leading to Change / Preventing 1,000 Failures
Douglas Reeves
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The Principal Connection / Finding Time to Talk
Joanne Rooney
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ASCD Community in Action
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Special Report / The Impact of NCLB
Amy M. Azzam, Deborah Perkins-Gough and Naomi Thiers
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Journal Staff
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Online Only
EL Study Guide / NCLB: Taking Stock, Looking Forward
Naomi Thiers
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