ABSTRACT
Current federal education policy, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, seeks to raise overall student achievement and reduce the disparity in school achievement between white and minority students. To accomplish these goals, NCLB proposes a wide range of mechanisms including regular standardized testing of students, ensuring the presence of high-quality teachers in classrooms, and increasing parental involvement in students' education. The aspect of NCLB that mandates that schools set up processes to include more families in their children's education has remained largely ignored in most discussions about the efficacy of this legislation.
