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Tougher national education standards drafted, posted
- 03-11-2010
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By Greg Toppo/USA TODAY
A year-long effort to lay out the first national standards for schoolchildren in the USA got a full-scale airing Wednesday, as groups developing the measures posted detailed drafts of math and English standards online. The move comes as education reformers and lawmakers complain that many states have watered-down expectations in the face of a decade-long federal push to get greater percentages of students scoring higher on state skills tests. No Child Left Behind, the school reform law passed by Congress in 2001, requires 100% of students master state standards by 2014. (more...)
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