Editing Education reform (section)

====1990-1999: standards-based education model====
{{see also|Standards-based education reform}}

In 1994, the [[Morrill Land-Grant Acts|land grant system]] was expanded via the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to include tribal colleges.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1994 Tribal Land-Grant Colleges and Universities Program|url=https://www.usda.gov/partnerships/1994-program|access-date=2021-04-12|website=www.usda.gov|language=en}}</ref>

Most states and districts in the 1990s adopted [[outcome-based education]] (OBE) in some form or another. A state would create a committee to adopt standards, and choose a quantitative instrument to assess whether the students knew the required content or could perform the required tasks.

In 1992 The National Commission on Time and Learning, Extension<ref>{{cite book |last1=U.S. Congress |title=PUBLIC LAW 102-359 |date=1992 |publisher=U.S. Congress |location=Washington D.C. |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-106/pdf/STATUTE-106-Pg962.pdf |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref> revise funding for civic education programs and those educationally disadvantaged children.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Education Policy > Timeline|url=http://www.avoiceonline.org/edpol/timeline.html|access-date=2021-04-27|website=www.avoiceonline.org}}</ref>"

In 1994 the [[Improving America's Schools Act of 1994|Improving America's Schools Act]] (IASA)<ref>{{cite book |last1=U.S. Congress |title=PUBLIC LAW 103-382 |date=1994 |publisher=U.S. Congress |location=Washington D.C. |url=https://www.congress.gov/103/statute/STATUTE-108/STATUTE-108-Pg3518.pdf |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref> reauthorized the [[Elementary and Secondary Education Act|Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965]]; amended as The Eisenhower Professional Development Program; IASA designated Title I funds for low income and otherwise marginalized groups; i.e., females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP).<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=ED-Chapter 3|url=https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/npr/library/reports/ED3.html|access-date=2021-04-27|website=govinfo.library.unt.edu}}</ref> By tethering federal funding distributions to student achievement, IASA meant use high stakes testing and curriculum standards to hold schools accountable for their results at the same level as other students. The Act significantly increased impact aid for the establishment of the Charter School Program, drug awareness campaigns, [[Bilingual Education Act|bilingual education]], and technology.<ref name=":02" />

In 1998 The Charter School Expansion Act <ref>{{cite book |last1=U.S. Congress |title=PUBLIC LAW 105-278 |date=1998 |publisher=U.S. Congress |location=Washington D.C. |url=https://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/105/278.pdf |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref> amended the Charter School Program, enacted in 1994.