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The Federal Law known as No Child Left Behind tests reading and math each year in grades three through eight. But is the testing helping kids learn how to apply knowledge in the real world?
Lynn Riggs, a science teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia, worries that students are learning how to give the right answers – at the cost of learning how to ask the right questions.
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May 20, 2011 at 12:37 pm
A 13-part examination of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) | Learning Matters: Reporting you trust on education stories that matter says:
[...] to push the right answers at students, rather than forcing them to find the right questions? Listen to the story. [...]