🧵A brief history of education reform in the 21st century US:
â—¾ GW Bush dismantles the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, creating the Institute of Educational Sciences with the call to create a "science of education," with the "Gold Standard" of RCTs
â—¾ GW Bush introduces most far-reaching federal education legislation in US history, No Child Left Behind, based on the so-called "Texas Miracle" where test-based accountability "improved outcomes" in student learning [1]
â—¾Test-based accountability now required for schools that want federal funds
