NCLB: No Child Left Behind…
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, President George W. Bush’s education-reform bill, was signed into law on Jan. 8, 2002.
NPLB: No President Left Behind…
The No President Left Behind Act of 2015, submitted as a presidential-reform bill in August of 2015.
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I think each presidential candidate should have to take a Presidential Balanced Assessment (PBA) designed by a Consortium of people who have never held a political office. I think the American people should set the Cut Scores.
Temps are hired from Craigslist and paid $11.20 an hour to “score” the test.
When they complete the 100 hour test, involving 8 sections with reliable computer adaptive capabilities, and performance tasks, each item shall become a data point. No political aid or speech writer can help them with their extended responses. They must take the test on a computer, other than their own, in a sterile room monitored by a test proctor. They are allotted a 30 minute lunch and may only leave the computer lab to use the bathroom. No other breaks allowed.
The presidential hopefuls can see their results 4 months after taking the Balanced Assessment. It will help them improve upon presidential skills necessary to be “Presidential Ready”. The data points are utilized to create graphs in multiple colors and placed on a data wall. This allows for easy data tracking throughout their campaign.
Only those deemed Highly Qualified shall be able to proceed. To maintain their Highly Qualified status, they must be observed four times throughout the preliminary race. They will be scored in 41 Elements, within Components, within overarching Domains, to see if they indeed meet the Criterion. Only a Score of a 4 shall keep them in the Highly Qualified Status throughout their campaign. If at any time, they received a score of a 1,2 or 3, they shall be placed on probation and retested, utilizing the highly reliable and valid PBA (Presidential Balanced Assessment).
The majority of the candidate’s evaluation will be based on the test score.
If they can not maintain the Highly Qualified status, they are completely removed and can not run in the final election.
If passed, this new presidential reform bill will be the most valid and reliable way to ensure the best candidate becomes the president… The test score, (number), reveals everything essential to determine the most “National and D.C. Ready” person for President of the United States.
There’s gotta be National Common Presidential Standards written somewhere… right?
If not, no worries, those can be whipped out in a manner of months too.
There has been growing concern of the failure rate in past presidents. This new presidential-reform bill will help ensure a 100% success rate by 2020.
Please support NPLB (No President Left Behind)… Our Nation Is At Risk.
Passionately Submitted,
RAZ ON FIRE
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thank you for your well-written article for the WEA magazine. I agree with you that theSBA is developmentally inappropriate and I hated to see all of the time wasted on test prep for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders at my school. I also appreciated your support of the classroom teachers who don’t need a computerized test to be able to tell you your child’s strengths and progress. The NPLB spoof is hilarious and I will be sharing that with my colleagues! Marilyn (just about to start my 40th year of teaching primary students and still excited for the first day of school to get here☺️)
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Hi Marilyn,
Thank you for leaving your thoughts. So happy for teachers like you who are devoting their lives to children. I hope more educators will dig and research and come to learn what is happening to our public schools. Continue to raise your voice and be a positive spark!
-Raz
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