The No Child Left Behind Act

question 52

Multiple Choice

The No Child Left Behind Act

• A)was championed primarily by president Bill Clinton.
• B)offers,but does not require,the chance for schools to receive additional funding if they submit to nationally standardized testing in reading,math,and science.
• C)ties federal funding to national test results in reading,math,and science.
• D)offers increased federal funding to schools that show poor testing performance after three years.
• E)cuts school funding for those schools that show no improvement in test scores after one year.

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