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The Obama administration introduced this week that it was pursuing a rewrite of No Youngster Left Behind,Office Home And Business, and “would seek to replace the law’s much-criticized system for rating schools based on student test scores,Office Professional Plus 2007,” according to an article by education reporter Sam Dillon.
Many current and former educators and others commented on the article, including one teacher who called N.C.L.B. a “disaster.”
In a Tuesday Op-Ed, Susan Engel of Williams College noted,Office 2010 Key,
It’s great that the administration is trying to undertake reforms, but if we want to make sure all children learn,Office 2010 Pro, we will need to overhaul the curriculum itself. Our current educational approach — and the testing that is driving it — is completely at odds with what scientists understand about how children develop during the elementary school years and has led to a curriculum that is strangling children and teachers alike.
Engel argues for developmentally appropriate curriculum, activities and testing, and a move away from models that involve students spending “tedious hours learning isolated mathematical formulas” and other rote desk work.

If you’re a public school teacher, chances are you confront the questions inherent in this reform effort daily. How has N.C.L.B. testing driven or changed your practice? Do you agree or disagree with Susan Engel that the research on development and learning should drive curriculum and pedagogy? What changes would you like to see made to N.C.L.B.-related testing? Join the conversation, below.
And if you’re interested in reading more on the questions of what tests measure and how they affect curriculum, the Room for Debate blog asked eight experts to weigh in earlier this year.
See previous Teacher Qs and responses here.