No Child Left Behind: Policy Implications

NCLB will change basic school policy at both the national and local levels. In this program from October 2003, College of Education professor Peter Hlebowitsh puts the legislation in historical perspective, while Iowa City school official Pam Ehly describes how it is affecting curricular decisions locally.

Other NCLB programs

Moderator:

Jim Marshall
Associate Dean for Education
 

Panelists:

Peter Hlebowitsh
Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
 
Pam Ehly
Director of Instruction, Iowa City Community School District

Links

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (www.ncrel.org)

• Ahead of the Curve: Emerging Policy Issues - NCREL's online resource designed to help education leaders, policymakers, and educators at all levels respond to and understand the shifting world of education policy. (www.ncrel.org/policy/curve)

U.S. Department of Education

• NCLB (www.nclb.gov/)
• No Child Left Behind: A Desktop Reference (www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/nclbreference/index.html?src=rt 4)
• Links to Reading resources (www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/az.html#R)
• Reading First (www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/index.html)
• Early Reading First (www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/index.html)

Reading Web Sites

• The National Reading Panel (www.nationalreadingpanel.org)
• The National Institute for Literacy (www.nifl.gov)
• International Reading Association (www.ira.org)
• Ask Eric search engine (ericir.syr.edu/Eric/adv_search.shtml)
• Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (www.ciera.org)

State of Iowa Web Sites

• NCLB (www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/nclb)
• Reading First (www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/is/rf/)

Testing

• Iowa Testing Programs (www.uiowa.edu/~itp)
• ACT, Inc. (www.atc.org)

Miscellaneous

• Educational Testing Services (www.ets.org/aboutets/child)
• Education Commission of the States (nclb.ecs.org/nclb/)
• Center on Education Policy - several articles as web pages or downloadable pdf files. (www.cep-dc.org/nclb/)
• American Federation of Teachers - Slide presentation on No Child Left Behind Act, January 15, 2002. (Summary of major provisions) (PDF 276K) (www.aft.org/edissues/downloads/TitleI_PPC_Jan02.pdf)
• From The White House - NCLB (www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/no-child-left-behind.html)