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Download full textBerlak, Harold – Education Policy Research Unit, 2005
In this paper, the author questions whether the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) achieves its stated purpose: to raise standards of academic achievement. Deeper understanding, subtlety of thought, creativity, critical thinking, perseverance, leadership and sensibility about self and the world cannot be measured by multiple-choice technology. The…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
