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Assessing No Child Left Behind and the Rise of Neoliberal Education Policies

University of Rochester

No Child Left Behind and other education reforms promoting high-stakes testing, accountability, and competitive markets continue to receive wide support from politicians and public figures. This support, the author suggests, has been achieved by situating education within neoliberal policies that argue that such reforms are necessary within an increasingly globalized economy, will increase academic achievement, and will close the achievement gap. However, the author offers preliminary data suggesting that the reforms are not achieving their stated goals. Consequently, educators need to question whether neoliberal approaches to education should replace the previously dominant social democratic approaches.

Key Words: NCLB • high-stakes testing • education policy • neoliberalism

American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 44, No. 3, 493-518 (2007)
DOI: 10.3102/0002831207306764


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