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Oh, Junghwan; Graber, Kim C.; Mays Woods, Amelia; Templin, Thomas – Quest, 2022
In response to the global pressure that has led to an increased emphasis on international comparisons of student achievement since the 1980s, multiple federal reforms aimed at producing greater consistency in curricula have been initiated in the United States. The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of a national curriculum and…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Educational Quality, Educational Change, Physical Education
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
Tucker, Marc S. – National Center on Education and the Economy, 2014
No Child Left Behind radically shifted the balance of power in American education policy-making from the states to the federal government, not because a new consensus had emerged to make such a shift, but because both Democrats and Republicans were angry with the nation's teachers, holding them responsible for a massive increase in the costs of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Teaching (Occupation), Educational Legislation