Center On Education Policy Out…

with a report looking at rural areas and the No Child Left Behind Bill.

They report:

Rural districts says that policies they created did more to help student achievement then provisions in the NCLB.

Rural school districts have sizable percentages of achievement gaps for students with disabilities and low-income students, but a smaller share of rural districts than of urban or suburban districts report having achievement gaps for racial/ethnic minority students or English language learners (ELLs) because they enroll too few of these students to calculate gaps under NCLB.

Highly qualified teacher rules have little impact on hiring practices in rural school districts, but some are having problems getting math and science teachers.