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[Jay Samuels]

I agree with Ken Goodman that what is happening with the No Child Left
Behind law  under the Obama administration is disappointing, but my
reasoning on the issue is different than Ken's.Despite all the good
intentions of those who made the 2002 No Child Left Behind into law, from a
psychological position, it is a badly flawed piece of legislation, and
teachers have every reason to resent it. Teachers can do an extraordinarily
effective job raising the achievement of the school, but if one category of
students fails to meet AYP, the school can be labeled a failure. The idea
that by the year 2014 100% of all categories of students will be proficient
readers is preposterous. If you look in the latest issue of RRQ ( Oct. 2009)
there is an article by Staudt, who is a talented teacher who tried using
good methods to bring two learning disabled students to the grade level
proficiency standards, but, despite helping these students to increased
achievement, the students would not have met the AYP benchmarks. As a
profession we need to see what we can do to change the law so that it
reflects psychological reality and not wishful philosophical thinking. Jay
Samuels, ed psych. Univ of MN.  

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