Title: No Child Left Behind: Answers to FAQs
Summary: Many frequently asked questions regarding the No Child Left Behind law are answered. Includes answers to questions about testing formats, Title 1 schools, and qualifications of teachers, among other information.
Topic: Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law?
Category: Institutional: Government
What is it? A website made by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the agency in charge of implementing the state’s laws regarding the public school system.
Publication Information: http://www.ncpublicschools.org
Author: None given.
Location: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/nclb/faqs/
Accessed: 2/22/09
Support:
The US Department of Education is mentioned in terms of their guidelines. The NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) is mentioned in regard to its sample testing. No specific people are referred to.
Audience and Agenda:
This is a website intended to parents and educators in the North Carolina public school system.
Usefulness:
This is useful because it clears up several terms that are commonly used in articles about the No Child Left Behind law. It also indirectly shows the consequences that the law has for public schools in North Carolina, as well as common concerns that parents have about the law.
Works cited:
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Filed under: Assignments for Gateway II, Source Notes Tagged: | Assignments, Gateway, Gateway II, Institutional Sources, No Child Left Behind, politics, Source Notes
