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Lee, Jaekyung; Wu, Yin – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
This study examines the trends of the U.S. states' reading and math proficiency standards before and after the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and explores their impact on school practices and student achievement. Drawing on the 2003-15 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) grades 4 and 8 assessment and survey…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Educational Trends, Reading Skills, Mathematics Skills
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Lee, Jaekyung – Journal of Education Policy, 2010
This study tracks American states' policy choices under the No Child Left Behind Act and explores their consequences for student achievement. Using the path analysis of relationships among state-level policy input, context, and outcome variables, the study portrays a Halloween-like "trick-or-treating" game between the federal and state…
Descriptors: Accountability, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Academic Achievement
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Lee, Jaekyung – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires that schools make "adequate yearly progress" (AYP) towards the goal of having 100 percent of their students become proficient by year 2013-14. Through simulation analyses of Maine and Kentucky school performance data collected during the 1990s, this study investigates how feasible…
Descriptors: Simulation, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs