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NO Child Left Behind Information

The material covered on the Praxis II is not the only information related to teaching that an aspiring teacher should be familiar with. In fact, you should not only know the material you will be teaching, but also the laws and standards that you will be expected to follow. Therefore, it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with some of the laws that affect teachers, and one of the most important laws for any teacher to know is the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

The NCLB, which was originally passed in 2001 to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, is designed to make sure each state has a set of goals and standards that students are expected to achieve. These goals and standards are established at the state level and each state is required to use those standards to create a series of standardized exams to evaluate the performance of each student. Each state is then required to administer these standardized exams annually to students in certain grades so the state can identify problems within the system and attempt to improve the performance of each student. In addition, NCLB allows school districts to have more control over how each district uses the federal funds they receive, encourages the use of proven teaching methods, requires schools to take steps to improve the school's performance if it does not meet the standards set by the state, and allows parents with children in schools that fail to meet the standards set by the state to transfer their children to other public schools within the area or seek out other services.

For more information please contact:

http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml