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Dec 10, 2015 · Watch on. Every Student Succeeds Act: The new law tries to preserve the spirit of No Child Left Behind, while fixing what were widely perceived as its one-size-fits-all approach. “The goals of No Child Left Behind, the predecessor of this law, were the right ones: High standards. Accountability. Closing the achievement gap,” Obama said ...
Dec 10, 2015 · Today, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) into law, a bipartisan bill to revise and replace No Child Left Behind. This new law helps states and districts reduce unnecessary standardized tests, gets rid of one-size-fits-all mandates on our schools, ensures that our education system will prepare every child to graduate ...
Mar 12, 2017 · WASHINGTON — President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act into law Thursday, largely replacing the No Child Left Behind Act that was a hallmark of his predecessor’s domestic agenda. Lawmakers have touted the new law as a more flexible approach to student testing and school accountability, once again making states responsible for ...
Nov 30, 2018 · No Child Left Behind Act. The first major legislative initiative of the Bush administration in 2001 reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. This new bi-partisan law, dubbed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), fundamentally altered and expanded the federal government’s role in education.
Student Succeeds Act and No Child Left Behind Every Student Succeeds Act No Child Left Behind included in the law. States can choose a fifth factor that impacts school quality. The required academic factors must be: Reading and math test scores English-language proficiency test scores High school graduation rates A state-chosen academic
Dec 9, 2015 · Published: December 9, 2015. On December 10, President Obama, with a stroke of a pen, made it official: the No Child Left Behind era is over. Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), one day after it was passed by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate, which followed broad passage in the House last week.
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is a federal school accountability law rooted in supporting all students equitably and building systems that eliminate barriers to student success; it replaced No Child Left Behind in 2015. As part of ESSA, all states developed a plan for improving education and submitted it to the U.S. Department of Education.
