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No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

The new No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has a lot more to it than just mandatory testing.  Some parts of it may be very good for our children, depending on how it is implemented and enforced.  The following sites provide information on this important new piece of legislation.

"Children with Disabilities Under No Child Left Behind: Myths and Realities" was put together by The National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems (NAPAS)
http://www.wrightslaw.com/nclb/info/myths.realities.napas.htm  or
http://www.wrightslaw.com/nclb/info/myths.realities.napas.pdf (PDF document)
 

There is a new book from the Wrightslaw team on NCLB, Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind by Peter W. D. Wright, Pamela Darr Wright, and Suzanne Whitney Heath - every parent and advocate should read this book.  The companion website is at http://www.wrightslaw.com/nclb/

There is a government NCLB website at
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/

A Parent's Guide to No Child Left Behind, by Sue Heath
http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/nclb.parent.guide.heath.pdf

What Teachers, Principals and School Administrators Need to Know, by Sue Heath
http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/nclb.teachers.admins.pdf

No Child Left Behind Statute and Legal Resources
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/esea/

Glossary of Terms Used in No Child Left Behind
http://www.nclb.gov/start/glossary/index.html

Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act: What it Means for IDEA - National Association of State Directors of Special Education
http://www.nasdse.org/downloadnclb.htm

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Implications for Special Education Policy and Practice, Selected Sections of Title I and Title II by Council for Exceptional Children, September 2002.
http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/side-by-side09_04_02.pdf

Last updated Friday October 06, 2006

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       ~ Anne Sullivan (Helen Keller's Teacher)

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