No child left behind broke education in this country. It tied school funding to standardized tests. Schools that do poorly get their funding slashed, and it’s a downward spiral. That policy did nothing to address the racial and economic inequity that causes children to struggle in school. Instead of schools teaching critical skills, all the teaching became centered around passing a test; tests that were racially or economically biased. On top of this, schools promote children to the next grade instead of making them repeat a grade when they haven’t mastered the material, or make them go to summer school, which is more akin to daycare, and then pass the kid.
No child left behind broke education in this country. It tied school funding to standardized tests. Schools that do poorly get their funding slashed, and it’s a downward spiral. That policy did nothing to address the racial and economic inequity that causes children to struggle in school. Instead of schools teaching critical skills, all the teaching became centered around passing a test; tests that were racially or economically biased. On top of this, schools promote children to the next grade instead of making them repeat a grade when they haven’t mastered the material, or make them go to summer school, which is more akin to daycare, and then pass the kid.