WASHINGTON — More than a decade after No Child Left Behind Act established annual testing and a bigger federal role in the nation’s public schools, the Senate is set to vote on legislation to scale back significant parts of the much-criticized 2002 law.
Lawmakers planned an afternoon vote Thursday to rewrite the law, a week after the House voted to do the same.
Co-sponsored by Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the measure would leave in place the law’s annual testing schedule but would shift to states and local districts greater control over whether â and how â to use those tests to assess the performance of schools, teachers and students.
