No Child Left Behind Act

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)  is a United States congressional approval of the education of children in public schools.

NCLB was originally proposed by the administration of George W. Bush, shortly after his inauguration. The bill received overwhelming support each other in Congress.
NCLB supports educational reform, standards-based, based on the belief that setting high standards and establish measurable goals can improve individual outcomes in education. The law requires states to conduct assessments of basic skills for all students in some classes, if these states will receive federal funds for schools. The law says a national performance standard. The standards are set by each state [citation needed]

Since the enactment, Congress has increased federal funding for education of $ 42.2 billion in 2001 to $ 54.4 billion in 2007. Related to NCLB funding received an increase of 40.4% from $ 17.4 billion in 2001 to $ 24.4 billion. Funding for reading quadrupled from $ 286 million in 2001 to $ 1.2 billion .