TY - JOUR
T1 - No Child Left Behind and science education
T2 - Opportunities, challenges, and risks
AU - Marx, Ronald W.
AU - Harris, Christopher J.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - This article examines the opportunities, challenges, and risks that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) poses for science education in elementary and middle schools. Four areas of science education - standards, instruction, teachers, and curriculum - are discussed in the present context of NCLB accountability. Attention is given to how the current policy agenda affects science education and how this agenda may influence the teaching and learning of science for years to come.
AB - This article examines the opportunities, challenges, and risks that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) poses for science education in elementary and middle schools. Four areas of science education - standards, instruction, teachers, and curriculum - are discussed in the present context of NCLB accountability. Attention is given to how the current policy agenda affects science education and how this agenda may influence the teaching and learning of science for years to come.
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U2 - 10.1086/505441
DO - 10.1086/505441
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33744739115
SN - 0013-5984
VL - 106
SP - 467
EP - 477
JO - Elementary School Journal
JF - Elementary School Journal
IS - 5
ER -