5 Sources to Evaluate

McKaley McKenzie

Articles
Left Behind: Low-Income Students Under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). (2008). Journal of Law & E Education, 37(4), 589-596. -This seems like a very reliable source because it has been peer reviewed and has been published in a very prestigious Journal that allows me to believe that this source is creditable. This source has two audiences that I can see. It can be for those whom are going into education and want to see the implications of what the No Child Left Behind act was supposed to accomplish and then what it has actually done for the students. Another audience that I believe may find this article interesting would be the parents of these students, it is not a very long or hard read and it is very informational as far as the implications that I stated above and how this affects them and their child/children. I would give this article a 5 on credibility because it has been read through to determine its worth as a source. However, I dont believe that I would use this specific source for my research paper because my paper discusses the downfalls that No Child Left Behind act has on children that are thrown into the system without further look through to see if they really needed to be in this program because of a low I.Q. This article discusses more about the specifics of low incoming students receiving the system, which is a whole other ballgame.

Kaufman, A., & Blewett, E. (2012). When Good Enough Is No Longer Good Enough: How the High Stakes Nature of the No Child Left Behind Act Supplanted the Rowley Definition of a Free Appropriate Public Education. Journal Of Law & Education, 41(1), 5-23. -This article is also very creditable. It has been peer reviewed and has been properly citing all of the sources that the writer used in this article. It used primarily for the audience of educators. It discusses court cases that pertain to the disability of children and how they are being implemented and treated in the NCLB Act of 2001. It is a very bias article about how strongly the writer felt on this subject so it wouldnt be the best source to use if a person is writing a research paper. The only information I may use from this article in my paper would be the information on the court cases dates and significance to the NCLB Act implications. I would rate this article with a 4 on credibility because I feel like its information is well organized and accurate but like I said above it is very bias with its information.

Book
Chubb, John E. (2009). Learning from No Child Left Behind: How and Why the Nation's Most Important but Controversial Education Law Should Be Renewed. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press.

This looks like a very creditable book. It has been published and claimed as accruable information for a source. In the book it discusses: Raising academic standards Focusing the measurement of achievement on growth Differentiating accountability to match consequences with needs Broadening the tested curriculum to include science and social studies Building information systems to facilitate more intelligent accountability Encouraging teachers to be supported and rewarded based on their actual effectiveness. And so much more This book touches on all of the information that I would want included in my paper for research. It is an easy read and really discusses almost all of the issues that come from the NCLB Act in the schools. The audience for this book is really for anyone that wants to read it. It can help a person to better understand what is really going on in schools that implemented this system and how it effecting the children, teachers. And the parents. I would give this book a 4 on credibility because though it has a lot of information and is almost all accurate I believe a lot of it is going to be opinion based as well depending on how the author feels about the NCLB Act.

Websites
ED.Gov: U.S Department of Education http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml This website seems like a creditable source to me. First, the domain of the website is .Gov which means that it has probably been peer reviewed for accuracy. Also the set-up of the Home page of the website is very professional and well put together. The page allows many different ways that the user can click on other creditable sources that they are linked to. It gives information that is unbiased to one side. It gives both sides of the NCLB ACT and how it is effecting the childrens education and the teacher and parent involvement. The audience for this website would more than likely be an educator or administrator because the information is much more in the business area of the schools. I could use some of this information for my research paper. I would give this website a 5 in credibility.

Education Week: No Child Left Behind http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/no-child-left-behind/ -I do not believe that this site would be very creditable for my research paper. I think that the author wrote a good article full of a lot of important points which is a good way to outline what I might want to put in my paper. The author also did a wonderful job of citing their sources. So, I could use this website to find information in reliable sources for writing my paper and look to see other good information that I didnt know about that I can do further research on. I would give this website a 2 on credibility because I believe their information did come from a credible sources and their grammar and spelling was well edited, but the article itself was secondary information and somewhat bloggish. This information would have an audience for anyone because it is simple to read and well organized on the important points of the implemented NCLB Act.