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Open Access Graduate Research Paper

Keywords

United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; Motivation in education;

Abstract

The No Child Left Behind Act was developed in 2002 by the administration of George W. Bush. The purpose of this piece of legislation was to increase student achievement in America. Regulations and requirements have been put in place by the administration such as standardized testing. This paper discusses the history of NCLB, the current issues with the legislation, and how student motivation and achievement has been effected due to the NCLB law.

Year of Submission

2011

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

First Advisor

Lynn Ethan Nielsen

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Date Original

2011

Object Description

1 PDF file (32 pages)

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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