No Child Left Behind
On January 8, 2002, when the No Child Left Behind Act became the law of the land, we began a new era of education in
our nation's history. Accountability, local control and flexibility, new options for parents, and record funding for what
works are now the cornerstones of our education system.
Standards - The Road Map to Reform:
NCLB insists on Standards based education and requires that each State design a set of Standards. Standards provide guideposts
for academic achievement, clearly telling teachers, students, and parents where they are going.
Results Using Classroll.com
Administrators: Classroll.com can show Administrators exactly how much progress each teacher's
students have made. They can use this information to guide decisions about program selection, curriculum arrangement, professional
development for teachers and school resources they might need. By tracking student progress toward academic standards, Principals
will have information they need to strengthen their schools' weaknesses and to put into practice methods and strategies that
are effective.
Teachers: By tracking student progress toward academic standards, teachers gain a great deal of information
as well. For example, overall poor results could indicate that the curriculum needs to be reviewed and aligned with the content
upon which state standards are based; poor results could also mean that teachers need to modify their instructional methods.
Another likely indicator of the same problems would be if teachers saw poor performance by their students in certain areas.
Test results could also help teachers to clarify those areas in which they may need professional development. Finally, teachers
gain a great deal of information about the performance of individual students that enables them to meet the particular needs
of every child.
Parents: Parents will know their children's strengths and weaknesses and will be empowered with information
about what is taking place in the classroom and what their child knows' and what they do not know. Parents will know how to
use classroom data to help their student and be equipped with information about resources in their community in order to help
their child succeed.
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