The State of State Standards: Research Investigating Proficiency Levels in Fourteen States

November 24, 2003 The State of State Standards: Research Investigating Proficiency Levels in Fourteen States The passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) by the federal government in 2002 provided public education in the United States with a number of vast opportunities as well as several daunting challenges. In reading the law and its associated regulations, it is not always clear where the challenges leave off and the opportunities begin. One of the primary effects of the act was to require each state to set proficiency levels in mathematics and reading and to categorize students into one of . . .