WHAT IS WRONG WITH NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND Since the No Child Left Behind Act, also known as NCLB, went into effect, it has caused some concerns for both teachers and parents about how well it works for children students. Issues that needed to be addressed have emerged and are instead overlooked when a child fails to meet the school's standardized tests and is pushed to the next grade level. Waiver for No Child Left Behind Since the No Child Left Behind law took effect, it has actually caused some concerns for both teachers and parents about how it is working for students. There were issues that needed to be addressed and instead they were neglected. Why is “No Child Left Behind” effective for all students? Parents don't think so, a school that fails to achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for four or more years is considered subject to corrective action and the state board must make serious changes to the school. Randolph and Wilson-Younger, (October 22, 2012). Our government has offered states the option to waive the requirements, but states must implement specific reforms in exchange for flexibility. During the first round of waivers offered, 11 states applied. States had to fill out the applications. Each state must submit an application for a waiver and if a state receives a waiver it will last two years and then it can reapply. These waivers are necessary because No Child Left Behind is broken. Laws can identify which schools need improvement based on their performance goals. The law prescribes interventions but the interventions do not work as well as they could. Lawmakers have proposed moving a bill to the Senate or House. However, the Republicans had p... middle of the paper... The Child Left Behind Act is harming our children and our schools. Extract from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/detail?vid=6&sid=6cc7079a-069b -46e8-a97c-f4f47573b25b%40sessionmgr111&hid=115&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=edsgao&AN =edsgcl.122374564Schmidt, T. (2008) Scratching the Surface of “No Child Left Behind”: How “No Child Left Behind” Unfairly Affects Schools with Significant Proportions of Disadvantaged Students Retrieved from h ttp://eds.b.ebscohost .com .proxy-l ibrary.ashford.edu/eds/detail?sid=c99ea711-dddf-44fd-bc47-50b054b3459f%40sessionmgr111&vid=1&hid=115&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=eric&AN=ED501254Stanik, Mary , Ed (2007) Open to the Public: How Communities, Parents, and Students Assess the Impact of the No Child Left Behind Act, 2004-2007 - "The Realities Left Behind" http://eric.ed.gov/?id =ED498400