Sources/References for The NCLB Test

Sources and References for “The NCLB Test”
(Listed by question number and, where appropriate, by answer letter)

by Stan Karp

  1. “Questions & Answers On NCLB” U.S. Department Of Education Website http://www.ed.gov/nclb/accountability/schools/accountability.html
  2. From The Capital To The Classroom: Year 2 Of The No Child Left Behind Act Center On Education Policy, Washington, D.C., January 2004, p. 56
  3. See “The NCLB Hoax” By Stan Karp http://rethinkingschools.org/special-collections/the-no-child-left-behind-hoax/
  4. A and C: “No Child Left Behind: Costs And Benefits”
    By William Mathis,  Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 84, No. 09 (May 2003), pp. 679-686
    B: Penalizing Diverse Schools
    By John Novak And Bruce Fuller, Policy Analysis For California Education Brief, December 2003
  5. A: “No School Left Unscathed”
    By U.S. Representative Tom Allen, Special To The Sun Journal, November 9, 2003
    B: “Battles Ahead Over NCLB” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 18, 2003
    C: A Cause For Concern — History Education In Maryland
    Maryland Humanities Council, April 2003
    D: Tips For Parent Advocacy National Arts Education Association, October 2003
    E: Academic Atrophy The Condition Of The Liberal Arts In America’s Public Schools By Claus Von Zastrow With Helen Janc, Council For Basic Education, March 2004
  6. “Two Very Different Questions” By William Mathis, Education Week, April 21, 2004
  7. A and B: “Two Very Different Questions” By William Mathis, Education Week, April 21, 2004
    C: See “Debate Grows On True Costs Of School Law” Education Week, February 4, 2004 Also See “GAO Says Costs For State Tests All In How Questions Asked” Education Week, May 21, 2003
  8. A: NCLB Act, Sec. 9527. Prohibitions On Federal Government And Use Of Federal Funds
    B: “Superintendents And Principals Weigh In On Challenges Of NCLB” Public Agenda, December 2003
    C: Unfunded Mandates: Analysis Of Reform Act Coverage GAO Report, May 2004
  9. http://www.costofwar.com/index-public-education.html
  10. The State Of America’s Children 2004
    Children’s Defense Fund, July 13, 2004
  11. Poll Of Parents On “No Child Left Behind” Summary Of Survey Findings, Results For America, A Project Of Civil Society Institute, January 22-February 1, 2004
  12. Title I Funds: Who’s Gaining, Who’s Losing And Why
    Center On Education Policy, June 2004
  13. A-Z Index For NCLB http://www.ed.gov/nclb/index/az/index.html
  14. A-Z Index For NCLB http://www.ed.gov/nclb/index/az/index.html
  15. Questions And Answers On No Child Left Behind: Reading http://www.ed.gov/nclb/methods/reading/reading.html
  16. Questions And Answers On No Child Left Behind: Stronger Accountability http://www.ed.gov/nclb/accountability/schools/accountability.html#5
  17. “Public Ignorant Of ‘No Child’ Law, Poll Finds” By John Gehring, Education Week, September 3, 2003
  18. “NJEA Report On Education” Newark Star Ledger, October 19, 2003
  19. A: Dept. Of Education, Press Release, December 9, 2003
    B: From The Capital To The Classroom: Year 2 Of The No Child Left Behind Act Center On Education Policy, Washington, D.C., January 2004, p. 44.
    C: “Education Dept. Offers Guidance On Choice”
    Associated Press, December 9, 2002
  20. A: From The Capital To The Classroom: Year 2 Of The No Child Left Behind Act Center On Education Policy, Washington, D.C., January 2004, p. 94
    B: “On Front Lines, Casualties” By Michael Winerip, New York Times, September 24, 2003
  21. From The Capital To The Classroom: Year 2 Of The No Child Left Behind Act Center On Education Policy, Washington, D.C., January 2004, p. 104 And “Schools Forced To Cut Tutoring To Buy Tutoring” DailySouthtown (Ill.), October 5, 2003
  22. A: Funding A Movement People For The American Way, November 21, 2003
    B: Teacher Quality: Frequently Asked Questions, http://www.ed.gov/nclb/methods/teachers/teachers-faq.html
    C: July 2004 Letter To Rethinking Schools from the Director of a Parent Information Resource Center in Kansas describing federally sponsored informational meetings during 2003-04
  23. Parsing The Achievement Gap Educational Testing Service, October 2003
  24. “Paige: No Religious Bias In Remarks” By Michael A. Fletcher, Washington Post, April 10, 2003
  25. Testimony of then-Pennsylvania Secretary Of Education Eugene W. Hickok Before House Committee On Education And The Workforce, March 30, 1998
  26. “Pearson Hopes To Widen The Definition Of Education” By Mark Walsh, Education Week, February 21, 2001
  27. Big Brother And The National Reading Curriculum By Richard Allington, Heinemann (2002) p. 4
  28. “Inside The No Child Left Behind Law” By Jay Mathews, Washington Post, January 28, 2003

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Fall 2004