No Child Left Behind, a U.S. federal education law enacted in 2001 emphasizing standardized testing and accountability.
Acronym from the full phrase 'No Child Left Behind Act,' signed by President George W. Bush. The phrase itself echoes military terminology about not abandoning fellow soldiers.
NCLB fundamentally changed American education by making federal funding contingent on test scores, creating the modern landscape of high-stakes testing that dominates many classrooms today.
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