However, the most recent experimental evaluation of the D.C. voucher program showed negative
test - score effects after one year, even though the study did not rely on a state -
mandated test — and despite the fact that an
earlier study of the program showed no effects.
Analogous to the Common Core standards incentivized by Race to the Top and the federal
mandates for statewide standards and
tests required by the 1994 version of the ESEA, there is a rapid spread of statewide or federal
early learning standards and early childhood assessment incentivized by the 2011 and 2014 Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (ELC) Grants and mandated by the 2007 Head Start and 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant reauthorizat
early learning standards and
early childhood assessment incentivized by the 2011 and 2014 Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (ELC) Grants and mandated by the 2007 Head Start and 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant reauthorizat
early childhood assessment incentivized by the 2011 and 2014 Race to the Top
Early Learning Challenge (ELC) Grants and mandated by the 2007 Head Start and 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant reauthorizat
Early Learning Challenge (ELC) Grants and
mandated by the 2007 Head Start and 2014 Child Care and Development Block Grant reauthorizations.