THE GENIUS OF NCLB:

Most elementary schools in California will fail to meet proficiency requirements by 2014 (PhysOrg, 9/25/08)

In California, student mastery in ELA and mathematics is measured with the California Standards Tests (CST). To determine how the challenge of mastery is being met, a research team led by UC Riverside's Richard Cardullo examined several years of CST data.

The researchers report in the Sept. 26 issue of Science that mathematical models they used in their analysis predict that nearly all elementary schools in California will fail to meet the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements for proficiency by 2014, the year when all students in the nation need to be proficient in ELA and mathematics, per the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" (NCLB).

At which point, under the terms of the law, every child will qualify for a public school voucher.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 26, 2008 6:36 AM