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ÂA powerful, detailed, and exceptionally balanced critique of NCLB. It offers some hope for how we might overcome its faults. No legislator or educational expert should be allowed to get away with not reading itÂwhether to agree or disagree. Itâs a must learning experience.â
ÂDeborah Meier, Senior Scholar and Adjunct Professor, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, and author of In Schools We Trust
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ÂA concise, highly readable, and balanced account of NCLB, with insightful and realistic suggestions for reform. Teachers, professors, policymakers, and parentsÂthis is the one book about NCLB you ought to read.â
ÂJames E. Ryan, William L. Matheson and Robert M. Morgenthau Distinguished Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
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This far-reaching new study looks at the successes and failures of one of the most ambitious and controversial educational initiatives since desegregationÂthe No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
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NCLBâs opponents criticize it as underfunded and unworkable, while supporters see it as a radical but necessary educational reform that evens the score between advantaged and disadvantaged students. Yet the most basic and important question remains unasked: ÂCan we ever really know if a childâs education is good?â
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Ultimately, Scott Franklin Abernathy argues, policymakers must begin from this question, rather than assuming that any test can accurately measure the elusive thing we call Âgoodâ education.
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