Issue: Assessments, Testing and NCLB

When new legislation passes, PSBA is seen as the leader in analyzing it and helping members make sense of it.

No Child Left Behind

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA), approved by Congress in December 2001 and signed into law Jan. 8, 2002, greatly expanded the federal government’s role in the operation of public schools and imposeD a host of new obligations on local school districts. Most of NCLBA focuses on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), which NCLBA re-authorizes and substantially amends, and which last saw extensive amendment in 1994.