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Michael Bennet: I think the good part is it brought us--you know, this was 10 years ago. It brought us to a standards-based education…

On the recordNovember 7, 2011
I think the good part is it brought us--you know, this was 10 years ago. It brought us to a standards-based education system where now we were accountable for every child and we had to have a standardized way of measuring student achievement.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet highlights the positive aspects of No Child Left Behind regarding accountability in education.

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