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Jon Tester: “I think we can all agree that except for pointing out the achievement gap, NCLB hasn't worked all that well in Indian…”

On the recordJune 29, 2011
I think we can all agree that except for pointing out the achievement gap, NCLB hasn't worked all that well in Indian country and we can do better.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester critiques the No Child Left Behind Act's effectiveness in Indian education.

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