No child left behind is an act that was signed by U.S president George Bush in January 2002. The act was signed to revise the federal education programs that were established under the elementary and secondary education act. No child left behind act was mainly designed to bring changes in schools based on flexibility, accountability, research based education and parent options (Lynch & Robert, 34).
The legislation promotes accountability in schools having bigger options for education to the students thus bridging the achievement gap between the marginalized and the white students. It does this by linking the academic content of the state by the results of the students and measuring student performance in math and reading annually in grades 3 to 8.
NCLB act requires that all teachers teaching the core subjects be highly qualified. These teachers must in addition have a Bachelors degree, demonstrated subject matter competence for each subject that he or she is to teach and a state credential for three years and below (“Department of Education”, 23).
The administrators and the board of education promote accountability which enables the school districts to meet the federal standards. They ensure that there is teacher motivation by increasing the salary of those who work towards increased performance
Local communities are being accountable to improved student performance by providing learning materials for extracurricular activities that cannot be offered to the students at school due to lack of materials required.
Conclusion
No child left behind act has indeed led to improved student performance due to the fact that through accountability every individual including students, teachers, parents, administrators and local communities concerned with the educational issues has acted responsibly and accountably towards the improving student performance.
Works Cited
Department of Education. (2006). The Role behind a Child’s act.
Lynch, M. & Robert, L. (2007). The Role behind a Child the Act wrongly left the arts behind.