Who benefited from the No Child Left Behind?

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Well, if one kid in your class had a really bad first grade teacher, wouldn't it follow that about 1/6th of your kids had the same teacher?

I'm not a teacher, but I know it depends on the circumstances of the individual school district. I grew up in a predominantly military area, and it was pretty rare for a 5th grade class to have even 1/6 of the students in a situation where they had the same 1st grade teacher.

But, the district I grew up in has the best test scores in the state of Florida. Maybe they're teaching to the test. Maybe the schools are just that good. But, I think it's a sign that maybe bad teachers, especially in the primary grades, aren't as big of an indicator of academic success?