The implementation of NCLB provides more information for parents about their child’s progress. Schools will provide parents with objective data about their child’s academic strengths and weaknesses; they will also provide the public with information about the progress of their area schools. NCLB alerts parents to important information on the performance of their child’s school. NCLB requires states and school districts to give parents easy-to-read, detailed report cards on schools and districts, telling them which ones are succeeding and why. NCLB ensures that parents have important, timely information about their schools their children attend-whether they are performing well or not for all children, regardless of their background. NCLB gives parents whose children attend schools in need of improvement new options. In the first year that a school is considered to be in need of improvement, parents receive the option to transfer their child to a higher-performing public school, including a charter school, in the district. Transportation must also be provided to the new school, subject to certain cost limitations. Additionally, the school must also offer as option supplemental services such as free tutoring to low-income students. NCLB also encourages teacher development. States and districts are provided the flexibility to find innovative ways to improve teacher quality, including alternative certification, merit pay for masters teachers and bonuses for people who teach in high-need schools and subject areas like math and science.
Parents will have more information about their children’s academic strengths and weaknesses and how well schools are performing. They will have other options and resources for helping their children if their schools are chronically in need of improvement.
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