every student succeeds act Vs. No child left behind-What changes discuss the implementation of ESSA as the replacement of no child left behind.
I have two of my classmates posts about the same topic you did for me and I need you to write a short responses to their posts Please: ( chose two of them )
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The article published by the USA today; every student succeeds act Vs. No child left behind-What changes discuss the implementation of ESSA as the replacement of no child left behind.
Am I in favor of the new law:
Wihile I do favor the law It comes with some reservations. Under the no child left behind the states created the report card that was directly tied to performance and finances. The better you performed the more money you qualified. The down size to the was schools could and have reported untruth interms of their academic achievement’s of thier students and schoool as a hold because they wanted the money. This allowed alot of children to falll through the cracks and to move on and was not ready. On the otherhand under ESSA, putting the responsability of the states to self report and keep their own report card does not give me full comfort in terms of creating performance measures that support the economically disadvange students and if that is the case who is there to really ensure that I am preparing studnets for college readiness?
Are there unintended consequences to the legislation:
Yes there are some consequences that may not have been intended but will have great affect on our students growth and the is the aspect of student college readiness. The one point that the legislatures missed was that they di not consult the higher education community on how the secondary school system can ensure that we are creating a pipleline of students that are being taught the skills necessary to enter their insitutuions. This information is very helpful to understand what type of student is entering,their institutions of hire learning.
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It’s too soon to determine whether I am in favor of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Passed in 2015, ESSA seems to roll back much of No Child Left Behind and returns decision making to the state. The plan still focuses on student competency in Language Arts, English, Math proficiency and graduation rates. Because of the roll out, it is too soon to see what the results of these changes will be. In many states, it has only begun to be implemented.
Compared to No Child Left Behind, ESSA, seems to gives more flexibility to states to solve their educational issues. However, the funding for this new program doesn’t seem to have increased from the old. No Child Left Behind closed schools, disrupted neighborhoods and eliminated teachers and shuffled students.
While there have been improvements in student outcomes, I hope that this new act will allow teachers to find new and innovative ways of assessing student performance that doesn’t rely as heavily on testing. Hopefully, the changes discourage teaching to the test and encourage more innovative and critical thinking, problem solving and creativity. The new standard, hopefully also will allow for other types of advanced training that doesn’t shove students into university who may been suited for other types of training.
It’s too soon to tell what the unintended consequences could be but may involve implementing the Common Core standards. Because these standards had become such a flashpoint in many school districts, there may be some hesitation in incorporating it.
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Since 2002, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), teacher relied on observation and test scores to appraise the skills of students. However, under the new law, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), this will change. The new law will permit districts to use other types of assessment procedures comprised, coaching and mentoring which is aimed to improve teacher effectiveness and student outcomes.
ESSA, overhauls (NCLB) and moves responsibility of elementary and secondary education from the federal government to the states. Numerous educators see ESSA as a strongly desired change the way teacher evaluations are viewed under NCLB. Since, this seen as an end to the period of substantial federal involvement in teacher licensing and evaluation. The chief goal of teacher evaluations is to safeguard teachers as effective instructors to improve student achievement as well as outcomes.
In some cases, the government has granted waivers to some states that wish to set their own standards but under NCLB, some states were required to meet the government directives for education. In contrast, ESSA allows states to restructure and submit descriptions of their novel systems of accountability for reporting purposes and functions, which will include a districts’ teacher system of evaluation. ESSA does not require states to set up teacher evaluation systems that are grounded on students’ test scores. Under ESSA, states can develop their own goals and look at a broad range of factors to gauge student performance. Additionally, ESSA inspires districts to hold induction programs for teachers to increase retention rates. As Diana Ravich shared, “The good part about the Every Child Succeeds Act is that it spells the end of federal punishment for schools, principals, and teachers whose students have low test scores, and it restricts the ability of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to dictate how schools should reform”.
In regards to impact of the new law on public education, specifically on high poverty schools, federal funding will be given to the highest poverty schools and districts. This will be helpful, but no law in my opinion will ever close all achievement gaps affected by poverty. So, ESSA says it will possess the main puzzle pieces for an equity fixated system for schools; which will in turn establish high expectations for all students, deliver resources required for gathering those expectations, evaluate/assess and report progress toward expectations, and safeguard actions when any school or student groups fall off track.
In regards to poverty, there are many unintended consequences to ESSA. Schools will need to monitor academic performance of susceptible groups (i.e. poverty-stricken), which include students living in poverty. Thus, states will still have to assess a majority of children, and intercede at the lowest performing schools. This means that ESSA has not done/shown much or how it will interrupt the NCLB cycling penalizing children that are from vulnerable groups and those belonging to the “low performance” group of the schools they attend. Under ESSA, poverty-stricken groups will still be viewed as low academic achievers and continue to be chastened for low academic performance. This focus will continue to widened achievement gaps in my opinion. As Diana Ravich shared, “The bad part about ESSA is that it preserves the mindset of NCLB, a mindset that says that standards, testing and accountability are the keys to student success”.
In my opinion, ESSA still possess a high level of accountability which allows for increased testing and school closures from the state level which may lower community morale. In my opinion, keys to narrowing the achievement gaps and successful implementation of ESSA involves parent involvement, school choice, social justice, as well as equitable civil and economic rights for all students and their families.
This is the question:
Read Article: ” The Every Student Succeeds Act vs. No Child Left Behind Act.” What has Changed?
Question: Are you infavor the the new law?Are there any unintended consequences of the revised legislation?
This is your work :
Every student succeeds Act is merely a modification of the no child is left behind Act. The no child is left behind act aimed to raising standards of public schools by increasing testing in schools and fortifying the level of accountability in public schools. However, most of these rules were so tight that, its impact was not positive as was projected. Instead some states continued deteriorating such as Indiana. The new law tries to loosen these rules by giving member states a scope of choices. The problems facing high poverty scoops are very complex and this law may not be particularly enough to address these problems.
This new law gives states and school principals powers to decide on how to conduct testing. The amount of testing remains the same, just a change in the way they are done. Some states may not take this seriously and the lack of a standardization way may have a negative impact. The fact that states are free to adopt the Common Core emphasize the probability of lack of a standard.
Leaving accountability goals to the states may be good for proactive states but states with many high poverty rates schools may not be motivated enough. The low performing schools will continue with downward trend.
I am skeptical whether this new law will bring any change, therefore I am not in favour of it. Whatever hindered the success of no child is left behind act is likely to have same effect on every student succeeds act. Changes should have instead been focused on implementation of no child is left behind Act because in totality it was a great and comprehensive law.