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No Child Left Behind
A Mid-Term Exam
Last Aired: 5/7/2007
Congressional reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind law in 2007 raises a number of questions about whether this controversial federal law has improved education or unfairly tagged poor urban schools as failures. Does vigorous testing make teachers more accountable and ensure adoption of good curricula or has “teaching to the test” replaced reliable programs that encourage critical thinking? Has ...
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