NY Times: Lawmakers Move to Limit Government’s Role in Education

by Jennifer Steinhauer and Motoko Rich

WASHINGTON — Congress on Wednesday moved to substantially scale back the federal government’s role in education, particularly the use of high-stakes standardized testing to punish schools, in the first significant proposed revisions since the No Child Left Behind law was passed 14 years ago.

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