Reply #33: Another thought about those 'vast inequities' exposed by...

[YvonneCa]

...the testing. That's a good thing. But please understand some of us knew about it before NCLB exposed it. I have taught in the 13th poorest city of its size in the US...a small city with 80%+ English Language Learners. I understood the problems pretty well by my third year of teaching...and spent the rest of my career trying to find and implement solutions that work. My district has been quite successful in improvement...even in an age of NCLB.

Teachers don't oppose NCLB because it 'exposes bad teachers.' We know it couldn't possibly do that, given it's design. We oppose it because it INCREASES inequity for low income, minority students AND treats ELL and special-ed kids unfairly.