A Rhetorical Analysis of “Titl
Anne C. Lewis writes in her February 2003 article that under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act “high-quality teachers are good test takers – but not necessarily anything more” (Lewis 2003). She goes on stating that under NCLB, what a teacher is all about comes down to the performance on a single test (Lewis 2003). Anne Lewis is a teacher who is active in Phi Delta Kappan, which is a teacher society. She is writing this article to be published in a monthly journal produced by Phi Delta Kappan. She speaks on behalf of teachers who feel “their professional competence is being defined as a test score” to legislators and then general public. Her goal is to persuade legislators to modify or even remove existing laws. She begins by describing what exactly entailed in the NCLB Act. In it, elementary teachers must pass a “rigorous” state test in all subject matter in order to get certified. Middle and Highschool teachers must have at minimum a major in each academic area he or she is teaching and pass a rigorous state test to become certified. Current teachers must meet these requirements by 2006 (Lewis 2003). There are three major points given to support changing the NCLB act. The first being that all these new pr
Some topics in this essay:
Bill Clinton, Middle Highschool, NCLB Act, Delta Kappan, Anne Lewis, lewis 2003, nclb act, teacher testing, anne lewis, teachers meet requirements, Phi Delta, test lewis 2003, test lewis, straight forward, delta kappan, phi delta kappan, 2003 goes, phi delta, highly qualified,
Join now to see the rest of the essay!
Approximate Word count = 837
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
Example Essays Home
