Educators Thrilled No Child Left Behind Waived in Georgia

WARNER ROBINS (41NBC/WMGT)-After nearly a decade The Bush-era policy, No Child Left Behind, no longer exists in Georgia, and educators are thrilled.

Teachers in Houston County tell 41NBC No Child Left Behind put too much pressure on one end of year test, which lead to an unfair assessment.

“There were certain things that were apart of the No Child Left Behind that grabbed the whole school and put a kind of stigma behind it,” says Northside High School Principal, Dr. Greg Peavy.

Houston County Superintendent, Dr. James Hines, says waiving the law will now help school performance.

“We feel really good about it. We think it’s going to be a more broad measure that crosses the curriculum…all areas of English, math, social studies as well as other measures. Where No Child Left Behind was very narrow in scope,” says Hines.

Schools in the state will be assessed under a new system called the College and Career Ready Performance Index. It takes in to account the number of students in advance placement classes and the number of students who go on to college.

Without the No Child Left Behind Act schools will no longer be labeled needs improvement.
Students will also not be able to choose what school they want to go to.

Georgia is one of 10 states President Obama agreed to let opt out of the No Child Left Behind Act. Assessment changes start this school year, and next year students will not be able to change schools.