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No Child Left Behind is designed to change the culture of America Pennsylvania, Mississippi Schools Lead by Example in Implementing No Child Left Behind Reforms
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Education & the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-OH) today praised local school leaders in Pennsylvania and Mississippi whose schools are leading by example in implementing the No Child Left Behind Act (H.R. 1), the education reform legislation signed into law by President Bush in January. The schools are among 75 nationwide participating voluntarily in the “Following the Leaders” project, an effort backed by the U.S. Department of Education and administered ... Fact Number Two: No Child Left Behind provides more information for parents about their child's achievement.
Under No Child Left Behind, each state must measure every public school student's achievement in reading and math in each of grades 3-8 and at least once during grades 10-12. By school year 2007-2008, state assessments in science will also be underway.
It is important to note that these assessment... |