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Funding for education programs for disadvantaged students for equity in education.
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System of education was lacking behind other nations. Threatened opportunities and economy. Schools need to adopt more rigourous standards, higher expectations for academic performance, and 4-year colleges and universities need to raise requirements for admission.
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Required state academic-content standards and tests
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Provided federal funds to aid states in writing those content standards
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State officials have created annual tests for students and reporting results to set forth content standards.This effort to achieve quity and excellence through standards and accountability.
The purpose/goal of the legislation is the same; most funds are in Title 1 for education support for disadvantaged students.
About 10% of public education costs are now funded by the federal government, primarily via NCLB.