The NCLB reauthorization proposal by Representative George Miller and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does nothing to improve the current law and actually makes it worse
- California teachers are calling on Congress to vote NO on the NCLB reauthorization proposal by Representative George Miller and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It does nothing to improve the law or student learning and will actually make it harder for students, teachers and public schools.
- The Miller/Pelosi reauthorization bill continues to measure student and school success based on standardized test scores and fails to include multiple measures like attendance rates, graduation rates, a rigorous curriculum, and the number of students participating in honors or advanced placement courses.
- The Miller/Pelosi reauthorization bill creates four new levels of sanctions for schools that are struggling. It punishes lower-performing schools rather than giving students and teachers the assistance and proven tools they need to improve student learning.