Within Our Reach How America Can Educate

Within Our Reach presents a mid-term assessment of the Bush Administration's No Child Left Behind Act. Seeking to protect this historic legislation from its enemies while fixing its shortcomings, the members of the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K-12 Education offer recommendations for changes in NCLB aimed at ensuring that its ambitious goals for America's children and schools can be reached.

Prologue

vii

Executive Summary

ix

1 Saving No Child Left Behind

1

(34)

John E. Chubb

2 A Historical Perspective on a Historic Piece of Legislation

35

(18)

Diane Ravitch

3 Standards, Testing, and Accountability

53

(26)

Herbert J. Walberg

4 Adequate Yearly Progress: Refining the Heart of the No Child Left Behind Act

79

(16)

Caroline M. Hoxby

5 Impacts and Implications of State Accountability Systems

95

(18)

Eric A. Hanushek

6 Fixing Failing Schools in California

113

(28)

Williamson M. Evers and Lance T. Izumi

7 A Conflict of Interest: District Regulation of School Choice and Supplemental Services

141

(32)

Paul E. Peterson

8 A Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom

173

(28)

Terry M. Moe

Index

201

(12)

About the Contributors

213

(4)

About the Hoover Institution

217

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Within Our Reach How America Can Educate Every Child

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