2002

No Child Left Behind

Increased federal government’s role in guaranteeing quality of public education for all children. Emphasis on increased funding for poor school districts, higher achievement for poor and minority students, new accountability measures for student progress came hand-in-hand with dramatic expansion of standardized testing (i.e., yearly reading and math testing for students grades 3 through 8).

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Frontline: The New Rules – An overview of the testing and accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act