What is NCLB?
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the latest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the nation’s major federal law related to education in grades pre-kindergarten through high school. Congress first passed the ESEA in 1965 as part of the nation’s war on poverty .The centerpiece of the ESEA, Title I, was designed to improve achievement among the nation’s poor and disadvantaged students. When NCLB was signed into law in 2002, it ushered in some of the most sweeping changes the American educational system has seen in decades. New requirements introduced in NCLB were intended to increase the quality and effectiveness not only of the Title I program, but of the entire elementary and secondary education system — raising the achievement of all students, particularly those with the lowest achievement levels.
