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Friday, June 3, 2005
School Transfers Under NCLB
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thanks, all, for indulging my bee mania. Now back to No Child Left Behind. A school board member in a metro district poses this question:
“If your school is labeled a non-performing school - because of attendance or special education, is it better to let the school continue at that level (even with state intervention) or allow it to be a “good school” and receive any and all students who want to transfer under NCLB?”
Under No Child Left Behind, schools deemed “Needs Improvement” must offer students the option of transferring to a better school. But sometimes the schools offered as the transfer option aren’t regarded in the community as any better than the school that “Needs Improvement,” and sometimes a highly regarded school will miss a target such as attendance or special education.
I think what the board member is getting at is should a school be excused from accepting transfers under NCLB if it falls short in a sub-category such as special education?
