Source Note 28

Title: No Child Left Behind: Neglecting Excellence.
Summary: The No Child Left Behind act not only leaves behind disabled children and English learners, but gifted children as well.

Topic: Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law?
Category: Academic
What is it? An article “thought piece” about how the No Child Left Behind act affects gifted children.  
Publication Information: Roeper Review; Fall2006, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p24-27, 4p
Author: Marcia Gentry
Location: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.janus.uoregon.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=22985383&loginpage=login.
asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Accessed: 3/13/09

Support:
Tomlinson states that proficiency isn’t enough. US Department of Education is mentioned in terms of its Excellency Report. National Center for Educational Statistics is mentioned in regards to one of their reports. Houston Public Schools are mentioned in regards to claims made to their improvement with No Child Left Behind that were later shown to be false. Former Secretary of Education, Rod Paige is also mentioned in regards to this. 

Audience and Agenda:
The Roeper Review is a journal written on research of gifted and talented children.  It is a niche audience, but one that is neglected with this topic.

Usefulness:
This is an interesting article from a different perspective.  There are a lot of articles available about the children that aren’t meeting the standards and are pulling down the schools, but not many about the children that are being negatively impacted because the No Child Left Behind act doesn’t leave room for them to challenge themselves.  These children might not be lowering the AYP, but it doesn’t change the fact that they are not improving.      

Works Cited:
http://www.roeper.org/RoeperInstitute/index.aspx

http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

http://nces.ed.gov/
http://www.ed.gov/news/staff/bios/paige.html
http://www.houston.k12.mn.us/se3bin/clientschool.cgi?schoolname=school184

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