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The Power Behind The Promise: Enforcing No Child Left Behind To Improve Education, Amy M. Reichbach
The Power Behind The Promise: Enforcing No Child Left Behind To Improve Education, Amy M. Reichbach
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Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's recognition in 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education, that education is of paramount importance, six million middle and high school students are still in danger of being left behind. Less than seventy-five percent of eighth graders, fifty percent in urban schools, are graduating from high school within five years. Advocates for educational equity have appealed to the courts, achieving limited success. They have also turned to the legislature, which most recently enacted the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 ("NCLB"). Thus far, however, the federal government has not enforced NCLB adequately. This …
School Accountability And ‘High Stakes’ Testing, James G. Dwyer
School Accountability And ‘High Stakes’ Testing, James G. Dwyer
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