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Pullin, Diana – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
Current national efforts at education reform rely largely on the use of standardized testing, the cornerstone of federal education policy as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, with its requirements for regular testing of all students and demonstrations of adequate yearly progress on tests by all schools. The challenges…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs