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Leaving No Child Behind?

Options for Kids in Failing Schools

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  • © 2004

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  1. Frederick M. Hess
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  2. Chester E. Finn
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Introduction

    • Frederick M. Hess, Chester E. Finn Jr.
    Pages 1-10

  3. Public School Choice: An Overview

    • Richard Lee Colvin
    Pages 11-36

  4. The Invisible Hand of NCLB

    • Siobhan Gorman
    Pages 37-61

  5. Options for Low-Income Students: Evidence from the States

    • Robert Maranto, April Gresham Maranto
    Pages 63-88

  6. Florida: Confusions, Constraints, and Cascading Scenarios

    • Jane Hannaway, Kendra Bischoff
    Pages 89-111

  7. Colorado: Layered Reforms and Challenges of Scale

    • Alex Medler
    Pages 113-136

  8. Michigan: False Start

    • David N. Plank, Christopher Dunbar Jr.
    Pages 137-159

  9. Fumbling for an Exit Key: Parents, Choice, and the Future of NCLB

    • William Howell
    Pages 161-190

  10. Choice and Supplemental Services in America’s Great City Schools

    • Michael Casserly
    Pages 191-211

  11. San Diego: Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth?

    • Julian R. Betts, Anne Danenberg
    Pages 213-238

  12. Worcester: Thunderous Clouds, No Rain

    • William Howell
    Pages 239-261

  13. Montgomery County: A Tale of School Choice

    • Douglas S. Reed
    Pages 263-286

  14. Conclusion

    • Frederick M. Hess, Chester E. Finn Jr.
    Pages 287-303

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 305-313
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NCLB is the signal domestic policy initiative of the Bush administration and the most ambitious piece of federal education legislation in at least thirty-five years. Mandating a testing regime to force schools to continually improve student performance, it uses school choice and additional learning resources as sticks and carrots intended to improve low-performing schools and districts. The focus is on improving alternatives to children in low-performing schools. Here top experts evaluate the potential and the problems of NCLB in its initial stages of implementation. This first look provides valuable insights, offering lessons crucial to understanding this dramatic change in American education.

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"It is time for public debate about NCLB to move beyond hype, hope, and imagined fears. This collection is at the cutting edge of what will be a new wave of empirically-based assessments. It will be an important resource for all concerned about the implications of NCLB." - Jeffrey R. Henig, Teachers College, Columbia University, Co-author, Building Civic Capacity: The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools

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