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Article: NCLB--year for change.(From the Executive Director)(Speech)
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- Childhood Education
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
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Much debate continues about whether the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has actually improved the academic achievement level of poorly performing students or only created yet another layer of government oversight to an already heavily burdened public school system. I am sure most of you have been following NCLB developments, especially with reauthorization of NCLB now pending in Congress. Possibly many others are directly involved with implementation of the higher state standards and assessment of student performance mandated by the federal government via NCLB. Drafted in 2001 and signed into law in January 2002, NCLB provided the framework for President George W. ...