Chapter Reviews and Critique

By amassing literature that showcases both sides of the mirror awareness and the clamor for change is developed by proponents in a particular field . The No Child Left Behind (NCLB ) program by the US government has proven to be a catalyst for changes in the status quo but at the same time a weak provision due to its inability to address several issues in education . In the end , by creating and enforcing changes in the provision , children may enjoy the benefits of quality education , good teachers /educators and fair standardized testing mechanisms

p The article of Darling-Hammond offers an extensive look of how the NCLB program has both improved the educational sector and brought about unattained objectives and new problems brought since its application She highlighted first the primary objective of NCLB and how it has been applied in the realistic setup . The bill intends to change this by focusing schools ' intention on improving test scores for all groups of students , providing parents with more educational choices , and ensuring better-qualified teachers (Darling-Hammond ,

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However , there are negative implications brought about NCLB in the different realms of education . These problems had been manifested by different schools ' goal to achieve the standards set by the NCLB agenda Among these problems include (1 ) varied standards when it comes to determining students ' proficiency (2 ) inverting the concept of qualified teachers , and (3 ) discrepancies in funding and (4 ) the inequality in funding and treatment to exclusive and public school education . These problems have raised critics ' eyebrows concerning the way the government and the NCLB program has been too general in addressing several issues

In the end , Darling Hammond proposed several alternatives and mechanisms that will strengthen the grasp of NCLB in controlling both the determining of proficiency and at the same time ensuring that qualified teachers are distributed evenly among schools that need them the most . In addition to incentives for recruiting and retaining high-quality teachers in the places where they are most needed , fixing No Child Left Behind will require a new approach to measuring and supporting school success (Darling-Hammond ,

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Critiquing the article , it can be surmised that it provided a good analysis of the discrepancies within the NCLB program . In addition , it gave readers a different view of how states handle these discrepancies so as to satisfy the provisions set upon by the NCLB . However , by only handling the provisions in such manner can prove to be drastic for the development of students since their ability to learn is deprived Children do not achieve education and learning at an optimum level

Another problem that can be seen in the article is the prevalent inequality and gap between the facilitation of education among the rich and poor sector . It can be seen that the rich are given more benefit with efficient testing mechanisms that ensures students pass , qualified teachers that will enable learning at the optimum and classrooms that can administer a good learning environment . However , such scenario is rarely seen in...