The impact of No Child Left Behind on sophomore English at Poway High School

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is President George W. Bush's plan for American education. This study was designed to examine how NCLB and the standardized testing it requires has impacted sophomore English at Poway High School. To gauge this 8 teachers and 58 students were surveyed about NCLB and standardized testing. The student survey showed that students are very concerned about scoring well on the CAHSEE. Conversely, students care very little about the STAR tests and generally do not try on it. The teacher survey showed little consistency in the amount and type of test preparation done. This study recommends that teachers become more educated about NCLB and standardized testing and then educate their communities. Keywords: No Child Left Behind, California High School Exit Exam, STAR Tests, Standardized Testing, State Standard