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🧵A brief history of education reform in the 21st century US: ◾ GW Bush dismantles the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, creating the Institute of Educational Sciences with the call to create a "science of education," with the "Gold Standard" of RCTs

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We had a special issue with historical perspectives on NCLB in HEQ a few years ago. Most (but not all) of the relevant articles in it are open access. Disclosure: I committed history in that issue. Or co-committed it with Christian Ydesen.

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Ilana Horn's avatar Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social
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◾ GW Bush introduces most far-reaching federal education legislation in US history, No Child Left Behind, based on the so-called "Texas Miracle" where test-based accountability "improved outcomes" in student learning [1] ◾Test-based accountability now required for schools that want federal funds

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