The federal government is not giving sufficient guidance to schools that persistently fail standards instituted under No Child Left Behind, the San Francisco Chronicle reports today in a story about a new study of restructuring required under the 2001 legislation.
The study, released today, found that the number of schools failing to meet achievement goals nationwide under No Child Left Behind jumped by 50 percent since last year - with California leading the way.
California now has more than 1,000 persistently failing schools forced to undergo drastic restructuring, the study found. That's more than any other state, yet few are being helped by the mandated process.
This story has some good basic information about Program Improvement status under NCLB, if you're confused by all of this. It's not a pretty picture, according to the study, which was released by the DC-based Center on Education Policy.
Schools in California, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan and Ohio were included as case studies. No local schools were on the list.
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