The ESEA Reauthorization, named “The No Child Left Behind Act” was signed into law January 8, 2002.
In April 2002, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing on the implementation of the law. The members took particular interest on how states were going to operationalize the accountability provisions of the new law.
Senator Hillary Clinton questions Under Secretary of Education Hickock how a patchwork system of local assessments could possibly result in a valid, comparable system of accountability: ESEA April 2002.Senator.H.R.Clinton.