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Welner, Kevin G. – Equity and Excellence in Education, 2005
This article identifies two presuppositions underlying No Child Left Behind's (NCLB) system of adequate yearly progress. The first is that each state must bring 100% of its students up to proficiency on state tests by the 2013-14 school year. The second is that each student's test score must effectively be treated by the state as if his or her…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Scores, Civil Rights
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Freeman, Eric – Equity and Excellence in Education, 2005
Race is the social expression of power and privilege, and new racial configurations take shape in conjuction with alterations in the political economy of American society. This article examines the relationship of educational policy to the emergence of a new conception of racism that has appeared in the post-civil rights era: colorblind racism.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Race, Political Power, Civil Rights