No Child Left Behind: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Frederick M. Hess and Michael J. Petrilli, No Child Left Behind (2006); Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West, No Child Left Behind?: The Politics and Practice of School Accountability (2003).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: U.S. Department of Education - The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (PDF). Oct 06, 2026
Add new Web site: Harvard Business Review - Where No Child Left Behind Went Wrong. Mar 13, 2026
Add new Web site: Cambridge University Press - Cambridge Core - The No Child Left Behind Act in the Global Architecture of Educational Accountability. Nov 10, 2025
Add new Web site: Congress.gov - H.R.1 - No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Sep 20, 2025
Add new Web site: Cato Institute - School's Out: The Failure of No Child Left Behind. Jun 25, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo - No Child Left Behind (PDF). May 03, 2025
Add new Web site: Education Resources Information Center - Definitions for the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Scientifically-Based Research (PDF). Jan 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Eastern Illinois University - The Keep - No Child Left Behind: Implications for Career and Technical Education (PDF). Nov 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Brookings - The Peculiar Politics of No Child Left Behind. Oct 03, 2024
Add new Web site: American Enterprise Institute - No Child Left Behind: Trends and Issues. Aug 09, 2024
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons@EMU - Learning is Not Child's Play: Assessing the No Child Left Behind Act. Jan 31, 2024
Corrected display issue. Mar 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Origins - Updating �No Child Left Behind:� Change, or More of the Same. Feb 10, 2023
Add new Web site: NPR - No Child Left Behind: What Worked, What Didn't. Dec 30, 2022
Add new Web site: Social Science LibreTexts - No Child Left Behind: Cure or Curse? Oct 10, 2022
Add new Web site: Electronic Privacy Information Center - No Child Left Behind. Sep 24, 2019
Article updated to mention changes under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015. Dec 11, 2015
Added mention of Obama administration's granting of waivers of the NCLB proficiency deadline. Aug 22, 2012
Revised description of Obama administration's plan to allow states to apply for waivers of the NCLB proficiency deadline. Sep 23, 2011
Final editorial review. Aug 11, 2011
Added mention of Obama administration plan to issue waivers of the NCLB proficiency deadline to states that demonstrate significant improvements in their school systems. Aug 10, 2011
New article added. Sep 09, 2008
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