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  • The No Child Left Behind Act in the Global Architecture of Educational Accountability

  • Christian Ydesen, Sherman Dorn
  • Journal:
    History of Education Quarterly / Volume 62 / Issue 3 / August 2022
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    30 May 2022, pp. 268-290
    Print publication:
    August 2022
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  • Although chiefly framed in the context of domestic education policy, debates about the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) echoed international education policy debates and the workings of global education governance. As this article demonstrates, both domestic and international efforts were shaped by three key features: tension between centralized goals and historically localized practices and authorities; links between education policy goals and a set of rhetorical arguments centered on human capital; and competitive comparisons among education systems that mixed market rhetoric with prestige dynamics. These common features can be attributed to the development of a “soft governance” layer, in which multilateral surveillance plays a major part. In the US, such development began before NCLB, accelerated during the NCLB era, and remained after NCLB was replaced by the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015.