[CALIBK12] [CSLA Research Update] NCLB and top students report

[Lesley Farmer]

Top Students Said to Stagnate Under NCLBA new NCLB report finds that
teachers shift attention toward low-performing students rather than
achievement for all students. The report draws on national test-score
data and results from a nationwide survey of 900 public school teachers
in grades 3-12 to paint a portrait of a generation of high achievers
left to fend for themselves as schools and teachers shift their time
and resources toward educational strategies aimed more at bringing the
bottom up than on raising achievement for all children. The data show,
for instance, that from 2000 to 2007, the scores of the top 10 percent
of students essentially held steady on National Assessment of
Educational Progress tests in reading and math. The scores for the
bottom 10 percent of students, meanwhile, rose by 18 points on the 4th
grade reading test and 13 points in 8th grade math—the equivalent of
about a year’s worth of learning.Thomas Fordham Foundation. (2008).
High-Achieving Students in the Era of NCLB. Washington, DC:
Author.http://www.edexcellence.net/doc/20080618_high_achievers.pdf

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Posted By Lesley Farmer to CSLA Research Update at 6/20/2008 10:44:00 AM
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