“No Child Left Behind” makes smart students miserable

No surprise here. The elimination of tracking, and Bush’s socialistic “No Child Left Behind” Act (that great federalization of educational egalitarianism that was pushed through by conservatives), have harmed the most able students in American schools. According to an article in Education Week (free registration required):

The federal law seeks to ensure that all students meet minimum standards. Most districts, in their desperate rush to improve the performance of struggling students, have forgotten or ignored their obligations to students who exceed standards. These students spend their days reviewing material for proficiency tests they mastered years before, instead of learning something new. This is a profoundly alienating experience.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at April 08, 2005 04:01 PM | Send