"I recently retired from Roosevelt High School with much sadness. Roosevelt is a school which serves a very diverse student population, including students new to this country. In my 23 years at Roosevelt, staff worked tirelessly to provide programs to meet the needs of the changing population. The staff was not afraid of making changes, as long as the changes met the needs of our students.

"With NCLB's impact on ESEA, all of the sudden we were being told what to teach and in some cases how to teach. Why? Because NCLB does not recognize progress, only whether the students have met a benchmark. Please change NCLB so student progress, not just meeting benchmarks, is reflected as a success, especially for our ELL and special education students."

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