The chairman of the House 91制片厂视频 and the Workforce Committee declared last week that the No Child Left Behind Act has succeeded in improving student achievement and closing achievement gaps between minority students and their other peers.
鈥淚nitial results show No Child Left Behind is working,鈥� Rep. Howard 鈥淏uck鈥� McKeon, R-Calif., said at a May 18 hearing, the first of several planned this year in advance of the scheduled 2007 reauthorization of the law.
The committee heard from teachers who have integrated mathematics and reading instruction with other subjects, including physical education.
Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., was more critical of the law, stating that it 鈥渉as become a way to label schools, not always accurately.鈥�
