Sentences with phrase «assertive federal role»

NCLB defined a limited but assertive federal role — schools were required to show improvement on standardized tests of reading and math for every subgroup of students or face penalties.

Nobody is likely to have a lot of time or patience for moving something like K - 12 legislation — especially given that the Student Success Act barely passed in the first place while the administration insists it will demand a more assertive federal role than even the Senate bill contemplates.

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Third, the federal government took an increasingly assertive role in shaping education policy, with reformers showing themselves to have more faith in prescriptive policies than in localized solutions or dynamic problem - solving.

that the Federal Court play a more assertive role in ensuring that a PBC has been nominated and is fully prepared to take on its statutory obligations to hold or manage the native title rights and interests at the time of the determination.

The Federal Court also may play a more assertive role.