The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act is the most important legislation in American education since the 1960s. The law requires states to put into place a set of st

By mandating high standards for all students, the No Child Left Behind Act has promised to close the achievement gap and bring all students up to proficient lev

In recent years there have been increasing efforts to use accountability systems based on large-scale tests of students as a mechanism for improving student ach

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