HD FS 239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: No Child Left Behind Act, Comprehensive High School, Apache Hadoop
21 Sep 2016
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Secondary education: middle schools, junior highs, and high schools are all forms of secondary education (anything past elementary, today, nearly 95% of individuals 14-17 are enrolled in school. Before compulsory secondary education, high schools were for the elite. By 1920s, educators called for curricular reform to match changes in social composition of schools. New focus on preparing youth for life in modern society (roles of work and citizenship) General education, college preparation, and vocational education all housed under one roof. Mandates all states ensure that all students, regardless of economic circumstances, achieve academic proficiency on standardized annual tests. Schools that repeatedly fail face losing funding, being forced to close. Advancing students regardless of their academic competence or performance. Subjects not on the test at risk for being cut. Encouraging poor-performing students to be absent on testing days. Reporting school-wide average scores without revealing the huge gap between low- and high-performing students.
