No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
A United States Act of Congress concerning the education of children in
public schools. It holds primary and secondary schools measurably
accountable to higher standards. It also provided more opportunities to
parents for school choice and placed a greater emphasis on reading in
schools. NCLB is written so that it requires 100% of students (including
special education students and those from disadvantaged background)
within a school to reach the same set of state standards in math and
reading by the year 2014.