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NCLB accountability systems are largely in place, but act's promises are largely uncertain

After five years of effort, states have implemented most of the test-based accountability requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and now must focus their efforts on improving poor-performing schools that have been identified, according to a new US Department of Education report written by experts from the RAND Corporation and the American Institutes for Research.

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