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Article: Were test scores better before NCLB?(By the Numbers)(No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)(Brief article)
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- Curriculum Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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According to a study published in the June/July 2007 issue of Educational Researcher (ER), progress in raising test scores was stronger before No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was approved in 2002, compared with the four years following.
The researchers tracked progress on state and federal test scores in 12 diverse states, going as far as 1992. This approach captured the generally positive effects of maturing state-led accountability programs in both reading and math, gauged by state officials and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
Results indicated that following passage of NCLB, federal reading scores among elementary school students ...