Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind: Federal Management

Testing requirements in No Child Left Behind are causing a "race tothe bottom" that threatens to eliminate academic transparency about student performance, denying parents, citizens, and policymakersneeded information on school performance. Congress should endfederal goals for student testing and allow states to opt out ofNCLB and reassert their policymaking authority.

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