Declined of American System

Declined of American education system

Due to the low educational scores on international test and companies from corporate America and the military. Counties and state officials had to take a long look into their school system and curriculums, to see what was wrong. In order to better evaluate these failures, school officials had to evaluate not only the students but the quality of the teachers and their teaching abilities. Corporations were asking for better reading and mathematical scores. Some of the solutions were to increase the length of the school year, increase requirements for promotions to the next grade and even to graduate, the most important solution was to increase teachers’ qualification and raise the qualified teachers pay. All of the new ideas gave birth to the creation of the three wave of reform.
The first wave of this reform system, was to raise the standards, which means more testing and additional courses for the students as well as the teachers, if a teacher is not qualified and is not up to date with the advancement of the technology of their respective field, than you cannot teach these students effectively, advancements in every field changes over time and as an educator you cannot be left behind. The second wave was the restructuring the schools, this was to relinquishing power to the teachers, this gives the teachers control over their school and classrooms, this was a way to hold teachers accountable for the success of their students. For too long teachers were complaining about not having any control over how their students and their ways of teaching, they felt like puppets on a string. The third wave is comprehensive services; this is to ensure the students have everything they need to make the students school experience better, by providing food, medical help, transportation, counseling, security, social and recreational services. All of these services are there to make the school experience more enjoyable one, the upside is the students learn teamwork and compassion.
The reason we continue to use the three wave system is because the system works. No longer are students being sent into the world without having the proper education or under qualified teachers in the in the classrooms anymore. With tests such as the F.C.A.T, standardized testing like this are mendatory before a child can be promoted to the next grade, these test shows the school board exactly how much information a student retained prior to being promoted to the grade and even to graduate from school.