USA HISTORY

THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992

PRESIDENT GEORGE HW BUSH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Passed by George W. Bush, this federal legislation has had the greatest effect on the educational system of most American students?
A
USA PATRIOT Act
B
Americans with Disabilities Act
C
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
D
No Child Left Behind Act
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support in 2001 and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Jan. 8, 2002, is the name for the most recent update to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Detailed explanation-2: -No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was the main law for K–12 general education in the United States from 2002–2015. The law held schools accountable for how kids learned and achieved. The law was controversial in part because it penalized schools that didn’t show improvement.

Detailed explanation-3: -In that role, he helped to introduce the No Child Left Behind Act, which was intended to bring accountability to public schools by requiring more standardized testing and by giving students at failing schools the option of attending other schools. Bush signed the act into law in January 2002.

Detailed explanation-4: -ByThe Understood Team. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the main federal law for K–12 general education. It covers all students in public schools. When it was passed in 2015, ESSA replaced the controversial No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

Detailed explanation-5: -NCLB dramatically expanded the scope and scale of this federal legislation by requiring that states introduce school accountability systems that applied to all public schools and their students in the state.

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