2004年4月2日TQB(卷。5、8号)糟糕的考试成绩,我们报道的中学教师在宾夕法尼亚州。虽然分数令人沮丧,我们认为NCLB终于迫使州面临着音乐和处理教师领悟他们教的科目。

宾夕法尼亚州似乎已经想出办法补救这些分数:只是消除了老师的要求把测试放在第一位。宾夕法尼亚加入其他州允许教师“证明”主题知识使用等邪恶意味着多年的经验,在杂志写文章,参加专业发展、获得奖项、辅导和课程(这是一个可靠的测量出七数)。使用这些借口标准,教师可以成为“高素质”和“完全认证”在同一时间。

Kati干草堆教育信托基金会主任准确称此举“悲伤”和“倒退”。Pennsylvania Education Secretary Vicki Phillips disagreed saying the alternative "will keep 'highly qualified' and 'fully certified' synonymous." We couldn't disagree more. There's a decision needed here by Congress and the Department of Education: either throw out this provision of NCLB as the farce it has become or hold states' feet to the fire.