NCLB

The topic of No Child Left Behind is a idea President Bush came up with in 2002 that said that all students must be proficent in Reading, Math and Writing. I feel that this act has caused many teachers to look more closely at the education they are providing for their students. While, I think that Bush had good intentions with this act I feel some things need to be looked at a much greater detail. Special education students that I would like to be able to teach are held to the same standards as regular education students. I ask myself " Is this fair?" The answer to me is of course not . Special education students have extreme difficulty performing well on these kinds of test. I know from watching students in a special education classroom take a regular test they complain that they are too long for them to sit and focus on. So a longer standardized test will in no way be an easy task for them. If these students don't perform well on these test their school may lose funding which they need to keep certain programs going. I think that teachers who are working with special education students are doing a great job to prepare their students for these kinds of test but its just coming up short. Students in special education classrooms should be held to different standards but still should strive to do their very best!