The Wanderer said:
correct me if I'm wrong, but the No Child Left Behind rhetoric was partially about abortion?
errr, no. More along the lines of increasing accountabilty with regards to teachers and schools. Briefly:
States create their own standards for what a child should know and learn for all grades. Standards must be developed in math and reading immediately. Standards must also be developed for science by the 2005-06 school year.
With standards in place, states must test every student's progress toward those standards by using tests that are aligned with the standards. Beginning in the 2002-03 school year, schools must administer tests in each of three grade spans: grades 3-5, grades 6-9, and grades 10-12 in all schools. Beginning in the 2005-06 school year, tests must be administered every year in grades 3 through 8 in math and reading. Beginning in the 2007-08 school year, science achievement must also be tested.
Each state, school district, and school will be expected to make adequate yearly progress toward meeting state standards. This progress will be measured for all students by sorting test results for students who are economically disadvantaged, from racial or ethnic minority groups, have disabilities, or have limited English proficiency.
School and district performance will be publicly reported in district and state report cards. Individual school results will be on the district report cards.
If the district or school continually fails to make adequate progress toward the standards, then they will be held accountable
The rest of the info can be found here:
http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/next/overview/index.html