School reform : the No Child Left Behind Act and how the Indiana Department of Education plans to comply : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

On January 8, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 into law. The No Child Left Behind Act is an education reform act that is designed to improve student achievement so that no child gets left behind. Each state must now comply with this new law. The Indiana Department of Education has already made many changes. In order to raise awareness about what kind of changes No Child Left Behind will bring, a description is given concerning a part of the new law and what the State of Indiana is going to do to comply. Areas concentrated on were closing the achievement gap, rewarding success and sanctioning failure in the schools, informing parents, improving teacher quality, expanding flexibility, improving literacy, and making schools safer.