Does NCLB leave some children behind?

Does NCLB leave some children behind? What happens to struggling students in schools that make adequate yearly progress Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically. under NCLB NCLB No Child Left Behind (US education initiative)? Are they left behind? NCLB is making it worse for some students because resources are directed to schools not making AYP AYP Adequate Yearly Progress (National Assessment of Educational Progress)AYP Anarchist Yellow PagesAYP American Youth Philharmonic instead of individual students, says Scott Young For other uses, see Scott Young (disambiguation).Scott Young (April 14, 1918 – June 12, 2005) was a Canadian journalist, sportswriter, novelist and the father of musician Neil Young. , senior policy specialist with the National Conference of State Legislatures The abbreviation NCSL redirects here. For the British educational institution see National College for School Leadership. The National Conference of State Legislatures . In 2004, for example, more than 82,000 Minnesota students who scored poorly on state tests may have slipped through the cracks. In some cases, the school scored well, masking mask��ingn.1. The concealment or the screening of one sensory process or sensation by another.2. An opaque covering used to camouflage the metal parts of a prosthesis. the low number of low scoring students. In others, struggling students attend one of the 60 percent of schools that aren't Title 1. Non-Title 1 schools are ineligible for NCLB funds for supplemental services to help improve test scores. But Bill Walsh, Minnesota Department of Education spokesman, says that just because students aren't receiving supplemental services "doesn't mean the law isn't working." Schools should provide services for struggling students regardless of NCLB funds for supplemental services, he says. Walsh says the education department is providing schools with more data to help drive instruction for students. For example, each Minnesota student's third grade math test score is broken down into sections, such as computation, and delivered to fourthgrade teachers in the fall. This pattern--test, analyze, instruct, re-test--is NCLB's intent. "NCLB is designed to give states time to reach 100 percent proficiency. Eventually these students will catch up," says Darla Marburger of the U.S. Department of Education.