After reading everyones thoughts on the NCLB articles it seems that we are all share similar viewpoints on the issues the current version of NCLB is causing in school districts. Arlenia and I are currently teachers of subjects tested by standardized testing while Michelle and Czar are teachers of are soon to be teachers of physical education and it is interesting to see that we are seeing the effects of NCLB from these two angles.
We all see the effects of teaching to the test. We agree that teachers are guided to put heavy emphasis on math, science, and literacy while as Michelle has pointed out subjects like physical education has their time periods taken away at the schools discretion to put in more time for math, science, and literacy. Michelle also pointed out the importance physical fitness is to the overall well being of a students and its positive impact on test scores.
We all are also in agreement that life skills taught in subjects like physical education, health, and music and art are oftime put on the back burner and the students go lacking in these areas. We notice how students are either unjustly retained or passed depending on school test scores and student performance at certain grade levels. We all also note the importance of teaching to the whole student as issue if the student is to be successful in passing from grade to grade.
Arlenia and I both agree how NCLB's intent, the way it looked on paper, was a good attempt to balance the educational playing field but it missed the boat so to speak in its implementation. We all also agree that we believe that a uniform test should be developed for all states and that these tests be developed with all ethnic and diverse backgrounds in mind.
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