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No Child Left Behind
December 6, 2011 | Recorded on November 21, 2011
Grinding the antitesting ax—NCLB and high school exit exams
Eric Hanushek and Terry Moe, Hoover senior fellows and members of the K–12 Education Task Force, discuss the recent report on school accountability by the National Research Council (NRC). That report neglected the scientific evidence when it concluded that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and high school exit exams were not good policies. By the NRC’s own evidence, test-based accountability is valuable and investing in these programs has a rate of return that dwarfs that of virtually all governmental programs. (4:57)
November 29, 2011
Hoover Institution Experts Identify 2011’s Best and Worst Education Events
To inform the public and shape education reform in the upcoming year, members of the Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education today released their annual list of the top five best and top five worst events in American education in 2011. Their list indicates that several positive developments led to greater parental choice, system transparency and teacher accountability; however, the worst events indicate that considerable room remains for improvement.
November 29, 2011
Hoover Institution Experts Identify 2011’s Best and Worst Education Events
In an effort to inform the public and shape education reform in the upcoming year, scholars on the Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K-12 Education today released their annual list of the top five best and top five worst events in American education in 2011. Their list indicates that several positive developments led to greater parental choice, system transparency and teacher accountability; however, “the worst” events indicate that there remains considerable room for improvement.
Click here to read the full press release.
Click here to read the best and worst events in American education in 2011.
November 7, 2011 | Education Next
What Do the Latest NAEP Scores Tell Us about NCLB?
Now that Congress is talking about reauthorizing NCLB, it struck me that it would be worthwhile to see what the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tell us about the direction the nation has moved in the years since the law was passed...
October 12, 2011
What a Candidate Needs to Say
An imagined stump speech by somebody who “gets” education. By Chester E. Finn Jr. and Michael J. Petrilli.
October 11, 2011 | Education Next
Are NCLB Waivers Legal?
In truth, the Executive is seeking to make law. Imposing such conditions has never been approved by Congress, and the federal waiver law does not permit it...
October 4, 2011 | Morning Show (KCMO)
Petrilli discusses the US educational system KCMO’s Morning Show
Mike Petrilli, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he specializes in education policy studies, discusses how educational systems focus on the low achievers to the detriment of the high achievers: “We got rid of tracked classes and the high achievers are bored and unchallenged.” Petrilli notes that schools should go back to tracking for core academic classes and give students the opportunity to move up.
October 4, 2011 | Bud Hedinger Show (WFLA)
Petrilli on the Bud Hedinger Show
Mike Petrilli, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he specializes in education policy studies, discusses how educational systems focus on the low achievers to the detriment of the high achievers. All students deserve to go to school and be challenged so that they can reach their full potential.
September 28, 2011 | Fox Business
Petrilli says US education policy doesn’t support smartest children on Fox Business News
Mike Petrilli, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution where he specializes in education policy studies, breaks down the shortfalls of the education system and how No Child Left Behind is hurting our best and brightest students.
September 23, 2011 | Corner (National Review Online)
The Unilateral Repeal of NCLB and the 2012 Election
The Obama administration’s new waiver plan doesn’t officially repeal the No Child Left Behind Act, but it is tantamount to making large-scale amendments to it. Which it does unilaterally, without even a thumbs-up from Congress...