Public Administration : Assignment

Running head: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Public Administration
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION1
No Child Left Behind Act 2001 was an Act of the United States Congress to
reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Act expanded the scope of law
providing that the states would introduce a system for school-accountability to be applied to
the students and public schools of the state (Www2.ed.gov. 2018). The purpose of this study
is to evaluate the No Child Left Behind act to apply it effectively so that the schools perform
their duties according to the Act. To evaluate the Act, this essay will provide some
recommendations to improve the provisions set forth by the Act.
The provisions of No Child Left Behind Act was not effective as it failed to achieve
the objectives to improve their scores. It could not meet the objectives as the Act mainly
concentrated to use accountability pressure that are more punitive than constructive. The No
Child Left Behind Act was designed in a way to boost the student achievements and to reduce
the gap between the disadvantaged and advantages student subgroups. A set of test was
created by the National Assessment of Educational Progress to measure the outcome of the
policies provided in the Act (Ahn & Vigdor, 2014). The Act generated some data on the
achievements of the students regarding their math and reading scores. The data has helped the
policymakers and other educational researchers in their work. Despite of these elements,
there were certain flaws in the provisions of this Act. The schools were only required to focus
on improving the test scores of the students rather than developing the skills and knowledge
of the students as a whole to help them to become a good citizen.
To evaluate the No Child Left Behind Act, the focus will be given on the
improvement or development of the students as a whole, and not only to improve their grade
(Sadovnik et al., 2013). For the purpose of evaluating the Act, the students will be made
aware and their inferiority will be addressed. Special strategy will be taken to make the
opportunity to transfer available to them. The program under this Act will be well-funded,
and the government will take appropriate steps for this purpose. Additionally, the teachers