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[quote=Anonymous][quote]And again, the "punitive measures" are strictly local. Neither NCLB nor RtTT require firings or punitive measures. RtTT is gone now but it had "teacher evaluations" as part of it but even RtTT didn't specify the evaluation methodology let alone require firings or punitive measures. "Evaluations" as defined in RtTT could mean any number of things, but all were left to the local level. But again, RtTT is GONE and NCLB does not require evaluations, firings or punitive measures.[/quote]

Race to the Top is gone thankfully.  What a dumb idea that was.  NCLB did have punitive measures when it was being enforced.  Many schools closed under NCLB and many school boundaries were changed and many teachers were moved and all kinds of stuff.  It tied a lot of actions to test scores.  It caused a lot of ill feeling toward the federal law.  All of that happened under NCLB and there was no improvement for students.  It was mandated by the federal government.  But, aha, the lack of improvement was clearly the fault of the states because they were using faulty state standards and faulty tests (even though those tests were approved by the federal DOE).  So enter the new standards (that the states "asked for" through their governors' trade association).  Enter the new tests that are aligned with those new standards that are somehow "better" than the old ones.  The new assumption is that standards are what make a big difference in schools.  But, if these standards don't work out, it will still be the fault of the states and localities for not implementing them correctly.  They already know that these standards and tests will not make a difference and so do the locals.

So, why is it any surprise that people are opting out of this mess? [/quote]

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