The new law also no longer requires 100 percent of students to pass all standardized tests, which is a practice that Freeman believes is unrealistic.
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After more than a decade of national debate and public backlash over the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law, President Barack Obama signed a bill on Thursday that drastically scales back the federal government’s role in the USA public school system.
The Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind and essentially reauthorizes the previous Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This measure passed the House of Representatives on December 2 with broad bipartisan support, and the president has indicated he will sign the bill into law.
Set high academic standards for all students so that they are prepared for college and succeed in their future careers.
The Every Student Succeeds Act is billed as different from its predecessor given that it allows state and local decision-makers to have more power over making school improvements.
“When the STAAR results come in, I’m eager to open it, and then I’m not at the same time because I don’t want to read it and say I failed”, said Marcus Salazar, a student at Ross Middle School. It put pressure on school districts to raise their performance standards for every student.
Provide more children access to high-quality preschool.
ESSA will not be fully implemented until the 2017-2018 school year, giving the state about 18 months to make the transition.
“It really gives our state a little bit more control over the design of our education system and how it treats our schools, how it treats our teachers and most importantly how it treats our kids”.
Teachers say the No Child Left Behind Act was one-size-fits-all, but administrators said that didn’t work. The bill, which effectively replaces the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, would give states additional tools to improve low-performing schools.
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Kerr said “If you think about our military dependents that have to bounce around and follow their parents – those common standards were good for them”. “There’s been a much greater teacher voice involved in the development of this law”.
