STIMULUS CHANGE: REINFORCER OR PUNISHER? REPLY TO ELLIS AND MAGEE

From: Behavior and Social Issues | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: Rumph, Robin; Ninness, Chris; McCuller, Glen; Holland, James; Et al | Copyright information

One's view of NCLB may be largely determined by how one views what came prior to it being in effect. As Ellis & Magee suggest, flaws exist in the rules of NCLB, and changes to improve those flaws are very much needed. We have pointed to many of these same flaws as well as additional ones. But the question in terms of scrapping NCLB or refining it is one of being on the path to improvement or the path to decline. To evaluate this legislation one must take the long view and clearly see what...

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