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Science 6 November 2009:
Vol. 326. no. 5954, pp. 803 - 804
DOI: 10.1126/science.1177459
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Education Forum

Education:

Moving Past No Child Left Behind

Daniel Koretz

Weaknesses in the U.S educational system are clear. U.S. students do not compare well to peers in many other nations in their mastery of mathematics and science (1). Inequities in educational resources and outcomes are glaring. Although policy responses to these problems should include holding educators accountable for student performance, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is a poorly designed test-based accountability (TBA) system that requires fundamental changes.

Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.

E-mail: daniel_koretz{at}harvard.edu

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