Making The Test Scores Go Up

The Texas accountability school system is the model for the No Child Left Behind Act. According to a recent study by Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin it is the graduation rates that are influencing the results in public schools, not student achievement
Here is how that works. Every year at least 135,000 high school young people drop out of school. Low achieving students leave, and the schools ratings go up. Who cares about those kids? Public education is to educate all our students. They should not be dropping out.

Not so funny!

Most children's books are colorful and full of humor. I love those. I just don't know why I didn't write one of those. My book is a bit serious, and it's for kids who are not doing so well in school. I just wanted them to have something to read that would help them get good feelings about who they are, when everything around them seems to be telling them they aren't okay. Schools are doing that now, more than ever.

NCLB Act Destroys Children

The No Child Left Behind Act had good intent, however it has created nothing but havoc in classrooms across this nation. All public schools are on a tract to self-destruct by 2014 unless all students are at 100% proficiency in math and reading. That sounds fine, but it is not possible. All students will never achieve that in any school, thus the school will be at risk.

This is no time to be silent! If your child is having trouble with testing, get involved at your school. The extreme pressure for teachers and students to achieve high test scores to comply with the NCLB Act is so great that everyone involved with children must step up to the plate and insist that change be made to this law.

Write your Congressmen! Let them know that pressuring children is not education.