Topic summary
No Child Left Behind
Extracted from the Wikipedia article No Child Left Behind Act.
Effect on arts and electives
No Child Left Behind posed opportunities, challenges, and risks for science education in elementary and middle schools; worldwide competition insists on rapidly improving science education. A 2006 study claimed that adding science assessments to the NCLB requirements may result in science being taught in more elementary schools and by more teachers than ever before. Two-thirds of elementary school teachers indicated that they were not familiar with national science standards. Most concern circulated around the result that consuming too much time for language arts and mathematics may limit children's experience—and thus interest—in sciences.