A national voice goes to Congress.Two years' worth of nationwide hearings and survey responses from educators, civic and community leaders and even students will be sent to Congress this spring as they look to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind bill in 2007. The Public Education Network has worked with local partners to gather panels of business, civic and community leaders along with parents and high school students to discuss what they want to see changed or modified in the federal law. An online survey found on the PEN Web site and other youth Web sites is also gathering ideas and suggestions from about 20,000 people, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Arnold Fege, director of public engagement and advocacy for Public Education Network. Concerns from people range from the consequences of poor performance in schools as well as testing requirements that put all students in one big pile. "People still don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. No Child Left Behind," Fege says. "Teachers don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. see the link between home and family and achievement. NCLB NCLB No Child Left Behind (US education initiative) has almost squeezed out parents." Panelists also want to see more weight given to individual student progress, as opposed to this year's fourth graders compared to last year's fourth graders and they want high stakes High Stakes is a British sitcom starring Richard Wilson that aired in 2001. It was written by Tony Sarchet. The second series remains unaired after the first received a poor reception. tests, which states created to measure proficiency pro·fi·cien·cy n. pl. pro·fi·cien·cies The state or quality of being proficient; competence. Noun 1. proficiency - the quality of having great facility and competence in subjects every year, replaced by diagnostic tests that show strengths and weaknesses among individual students. But Fege did note that the U.S. Department of Education's move to allow up to 10 states to try a pilot growth model--where states can give credit to schools for individual student growth even if test scores don't meet state standards--as a sign that the government is slowly getting it. Meanwhile, the Senate and House of Representatives in December December: see month. cut funding for NCLB by $1 billion, even as district leaders and other educators have complained and charged that not enough federal money was put into the law as was promised. The cut means funding is below the level given three years ago. The report will be likely given to Congress in March or April. |
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