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Schwartz, Heather L.; Hamilton, Laura S.; Stecher, Brian M.; Steele, Jennifer L. – RAND Corporation, 2011
The upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides an opportunity to reconsider what factors school performance-reporting systems should include. Critics of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) have pointed to the narrowing effects of the law's focus on mathematics and reading achievement, and they have called for efforts…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Reading Achievement, Educational Practices
Ashby, Cornelia M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2010
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) provides $70.3 billion for three education programs--the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF), Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Title I), and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The Act requires recipients to be accountable for how these funds…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grants, Research Reports, Federal Legislation
Toepfer, Conrad F., Jr. – 2002
As adults, today's students will have to deal with emerging problems societal changes are creating. Improving public education for all will require educational reform that better accommodates under-served American youth. This chapter discusses the educational standards movement, which assumes that virtually all learners can achieve educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Comparative Education