[Phys-l] NCLB is Beyond Uninformative - It's Deceptive

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Evidently in response to my post "NCLB-type Tracking of College 
Students" [Hake (2006)], Ed Nuhfer, in a POD post of 30 Jul 2006 
11:09:24-0600, wrote:

"If you missed the editorial in Tuesday July 25, 2006 Wall Street 
Journal (p. A-12) on NCLB authored by Charles Murray, check it out. 
The author provides a thoughtful diagnosis and concludes: "No Child 
Left Behind is beyond uninformative. It is deceptive."

"For the few who are not Wall Street Journal subscribers, Murray's 
(2006a) article is online at
<http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.social,pubID.24711/pub_detail.asp>, 
courtesy the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

Murray is the W.H. Brady Scholar in Culture and Freedom at AEI 
<http://www.aei.org/>, and the author of, e.g., "The Bell Curve" 
[(Murray & Herrnstein (1996)], "Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of 
Excellence in the Arts and Sciences [Murray (2003)], and "In Our 
Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State" [Murray (2006b)].

An interview with Murray regarding  "In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace 
the Welfare State" is at 
<http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.24127/pub_detail.asp>.


Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>

REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2006. "NCLB-type Tracking of College Students," [Hake 
(2006)], online at 
<http://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0607&L=pod&O=D&P=10704>. 
Post of 29 Jul 2006 to AERA-A, AERA-B, AERA-C, AERA-D, AERA-J, 
AERA-K, AERA-L, ASSESS, Biopi-L, Chemed-L, EvalTalk, FYA-L 
(rejected), ITFORUM, PhysLrnR, Phys-L, POD, PsychTeacher (rejected), 
RUME, TeachingEdPsych, TIPS, & STLHE-L.

Murray, C. 2003. "Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in 
the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950." Harper Collins. AEI 
information at  <http://www.aei.org/books/bookID.453/book_detail.asp>.

Murray, C. 2006a. "NCLB is beyond uninformative. It is deceptive," 
Wall Street Journal, 25 July, freely online (probably only for a 
short time) at 
<http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008701>. 
Also online (with graphs) at the American Enterprise Institute 
<http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.social,pubID.24711/pub_detail.asp>.

Murray, C. 2006b. "In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare 
State." American Enterprise Institute.  AEI information at  
<http://www.aei.org/books/bookID.846/book_detail.asp>.

Murray, C. & R.J. Herrnstein. 1996. "The Bell Curve." Free Press. 
AEI information at 
<http://www.aei.org/books/bookID.445/book_detail.asp>.