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No Child Left Behind May Leave Gifted Behind
Educators who need to account for the students who are not doing well are diverting resources from classes for smart kids to classes which focus on literacy, and those students who may be falling behind. by Daniel goldin ![]()
The 2001 law, championed by the Bush administration, calls for all public-school students to be proficient in reading and math by 2014. Schools must make steady progress toward these goals. They face penalties if they don't continually raise their proportion of proficient students, both overall and within various racial and other categories. Schools that miss milestones can be required to pay for outside tutors and let parents transfer children elsewhere. But a school faces no penalty if top students tail off as long as they remain proficient.
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