No Child law requires testing, can penalize schools

Posted on August 8, 2011 |

• Vermont
• education
• No Child Left Behind

By Ian Trombulak

No Child Left Behind (NCLB), signed into law by President George W. Bush in January 2002, takes a standards-based approach to education, operating under the theory that high standards and measurable goals are the keys to unlocking an individual child’s potential as a student. To measure improvement, the law ties federal education funding directly to student performance on standardized tests.

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