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Background: National Reform in American Elementary and Secondary Education

  • Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)
    • Federal policy to influence American schools.
    • Contained discrete funding streams that targeted areas of need/importance.
  • Education Consolidated Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA)
    • Consolidated various federal programs into fewer discrete funding streams.
  • Improving American School's Act of 1994 (IASA)
    • Required States to set standards, assessment and accountability systems.
    • Retained discrete funding streams that targeted areas of need/importance.
  • No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)
    • Represented a total overhaul of ESEA; redefined the federal role in education; represented the most far-reaching and significant change since ESEA, 1965.
    • Changed the focus from processes in education to outcomes in student achievement.
    • Represented a six-year authorization (fiscal years 2002-2008).

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