Rationing resources

  One of the primary goals of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act is to improve outcomes for all students, especially those with the greatest needs. Yet, as Jennifer Booher-Jennings writes in an article in Phi Delta Kappan, the implementation of NCLB, with its punitive consequences for schools that fail to meet their adequate yearly progress (AYP) goals, causes many schools to ration resources to the "bubble kids"--those most likely to pass the test after a little extra help--and to divert assistance away from the "hopeless cases."

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