Education Policy: Research: Historical Overview:
Federal Education Policy and the States, 1945-2009
The Clinton Years
State Initiatives for Systemic Reform
Improving America's Schools Act
IASA - Assessment and Standards
Goals 2000 and the "Contract for America"
IASA - Compromises on Compliance
Private and Nonprofit Sector Players
Footnotes:
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Organizations: Links to many of the organizations mentioned in this essay.
To view snapshots of the political context for the education policy,
organized by administration, see Education
Policymakers. For the Clinton administrations, see 1993-1996
and 1997-2000.
