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Tom Harkin: “The law's goal was to give families and the general public the data they needed to assess whether students in a given…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2013
The law's goal was to give families and the general public the data they needed to assess whether students in a given school were being taught the reading and math skills they needed to be successful.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin outlines the purpose of the No Child Left Behind Act.

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