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Download full textDotson, Lauren; Foley, Virginia – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
This paper provides a history of the standardized testing and accountability movement, the curriculum standards attached to the accountability movement, and the attempted shift to common core. Student poverty and its impact on student achievement are the focus of this paper. Recognizing the impact of poverty on student achievement as measured by…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Teacher Education Programs, Standardized Tests
Skinner, Rebecca R.; Feder, Jody – Congressional Research Service, 2014
Over the last two decades, there has been interest in developing federal policies that focus on student outcomes in elementary and secondary education. Perhaps most prominently, the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB; P.L. 107-110), which amended and reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), marked a…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Skinner, Rebecca R.; Lomax, Erin – Congressional Research Service, 2017
Federal education legislation continues to emphasize the role of assessment in elementary and secondary schools. Perhaps most prominently, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), requires the use of test-based educational accountability systems in states and specifies the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Skinner, Rebecca R.; Feder, Jody – Congressional Research Service, 2014
Over the last two decades, there has been interest in developing federal policies that focus on student outcomes in elementary and secondary education. Perhaps most prominently, the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB; P.L. 107-110), which amended and reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), marked a…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
