title: Education of deaf and hard of hearing students and accountability reform: issues for the future.
abstract: The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) has had a monumental impact over the past decade on how educational reform is viewed in the United States. As a result of how the law is structured, schools for students who are deaf or hard of hearing have been the focus of attention for educational reform under NCLB. While there have been some shifts in policy, reauthorization of NCLB will need to respond to some of the larger calls for changes to the law. The author discusses some key issues related to assessment and accountability that are central to how the reauthorization of NCLB affects the education of deaf and hard of hearing students.
authors.affiliation: School Psychology Program, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cawthon
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004519:Education, Special / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States