The Forces Behind School Change

"American public schools are facing a crisis of confidence as America penetrates more deeply into the era of No Child Left Behind. The statute requires the standards to rise each year until the year of perfection, 2014, when 100% of the students are required to meet annual yearly progress. There is varied discussion among credible education groups that the year of perfection is unrealistic because not all children come to school equally ready to learn. Universal standards that do not account for differences in student readiness create an uneven measure. That is where this book comes in. The Forces Behind School Change: Defining and Understanding the Call for Improvement is intended to be a resource for both schools of affluence and schools of poverty."--BOOK JACKET.