Needed Fixes for No Child Left Behind

It's good to see the NYT editorial page supporting NCLB and some important improvements like evaluating teachers on OUTPUTS -- namely "how effectively their students learn":

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 -- which requires states to close the achievement gap between rich and poor students in exchange for more federal dollars -- is the most far-reaching educational reform since the country embraced compulsory education in the early 20th century...

The commission also argues that the reform effort will not get anywhere until the country manages to train, hire and retain far more high-quality teachers. In a departure from the past, the report calls for teachers to be evaluated not just based on their educational credentials, but also on how effectively their students learn...

This report reflects the growing and welcome consensus that No Child Left Behind, and the quest to improve public schooling for all children, are here to stay. What remains is for Congress to write some of these important new provisions into law and to put enough money behind them to make them work.

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Needed Fixes for No Child Left Behind

February 15, 2007, NYT editorial

http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30612FD3C5A0C768DDDAB0894DF404482

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 -- which requires states to close the achievement gap between rich and poor students in exchange for more federal dollars -- is the most far-reaching educational reform since the country embraced compulsory education in the early 20th century.