The No Child Left Behind Act

May 25 2008
Topic: Gifted Education

Considering that the No Child Left Behind Act allows each state to set its own set of standards and levels of competencies, and that there are some vast differences between states’ expectations as a result, should the government call state educators together to create national standards for math and language arts?

Yes, there needs to be consistency among the states to be fair. (2 vote, 100.00%)




Yes, but their tests should also reflect local standards. (0 vote, 0.00%)




States should mostly determine their own levels of competency. (0 vote, 0.00%)




The system is working fine as it is and needs no change. (0 vote, 0.00%)