The NCLB Act and Rural Children

Paper Summary:

The proposed study aims to investigate the results thus far of implementing the "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act in rural schools, especially regarding children with special needs. The study explores whether or not this program is accomplishing the primary purpose of promoting equal educational outcomes for every student, regardless of location.

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Purpose Statement
Research Questions
Review of Literature
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Research Design

From the Paper:

"This study has several purposes. First, it will study the impact that the implementation of the NCLB has had on rural schools overall. Some programs seem to be brought into schools without the benefit of prior testing or verification. Second, it will drill down further to see how it is affecting those children who are actually supposed to benefit from this Act. For instance, it may be found that although the program in some U.S. school systems does achieve its intent of eliminating achievement gaps that exist between student groups, other school systems are not appropriate for this educational approach. Third, based on the open-ended responses of the teachers, the study hopes to uncover salient features of schooling that matter in enhancing the teachers' capacity to promote the well-being of their students."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Arnold, M. L. (2000). Rural schools: Diverse needs call for flexible policies. Aurora, CO: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning for U.S. Department of Education.
• _____________(2004). Guiding rural schools and districts: A research agenda. Aurora, CO: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning. For U.S. Department of Education.
• Carter, G.R. (2003). Is it good for the kids? Association for Curriculum and Development Newsletter, May. [electronic version] Retrieved 3, March 2007 http://www.ascd.org/educationnews/
• Fink, A. (1995). How to ask survey questions. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
• Kalie, K.M., and Kossar, B.L. (2006) Finite resources, increasing demands: Rural children left behind? Educators speak out on issues facing rural special education 25(3), 13-23

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