U.S. Department of Education
May 2003
The Department of Education answers oft-asked questions and provides a summary of NCLB's main provisions in this guide for parents. After an introduction to what NCLB means for parents and children, the report responds to questions in the areas of accountability, testing, reading, teacher quality, charter schools, and supplemental educational services. An appendix directs parents to websites with more information on specific issues such as accountability and programs such as Reading First. This guide can be downloaded at http://www.nclb.gov/next/parentsguide.pdf. But for a more comprehensive, user-friendlier guide [previously reviewed in Gadfly at http://www.edexcellence.net/gadfly/issue.cfm?issue=15#269], you might want to get a $15 copy of No Child Left Behind: What's In It for Parents from http://www.plassociates.org/publications.html#nclb.
