Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110925:13:14:00
Accountability tool, no child left behind became about the test not about teaching kids. >> you are saying it's not the principle of federal government you disagree with, it's the mechanism in no child left behind? >> exactly. it was the fact that shining the spotlight was important, but the way in which the accountability system got implemented was everything was -- the goal was accountability. the goal was doing well on a test score, which again was not aligned to what kids needed to do. but having said all that, there has to be a real balance between local authority, because schools are ver...
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