Editing Outcome-based education (section)

===United States===
In 1983, a report from the National Commission on Excellence in Education declared that American education standards were eroding, that young people in the United States were not learning enough. In 1989, [[George H. W. Bush|President Bush]] and the nation’s governors set national goals to be achieved by the year 2000.<ref name=Manno>{{cite journal|last1=Manno|first1=Bruno|title=Outcome-Based Education: Has It Become More Affliction Than Cure?|journal=Center of the American Experiment|year=1994|url=http://www.americanexperiment.org/publications/reports/outcome-based-education-has-it-become-more-affliction-than-cure|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> [[Goals 2000]]: Educate America Act was signed in March 1994.<ref name=Austin>{{cite web|last1=Austin|first1=Tammy|title=GOALS 2000--THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION PROGRAM|url=https://www3.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/goals200.html|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> The goal of this new reform was to show that results were being achieved in schools. In 2001, the [[No Child Left Behind Act]] took the place of [[Goals 2000]]. It mandated certain measurements as a condition of receiving federal education funds. States are free to set their own standards, but the federal law mandates public reporting of math and reading test scores for disadvantaged demographic subgroups, including racial minorities, low-income students, and special education students. Various consequences for schools that do not make "adequate yearly progress" are included in the law. In 2010, President Obama proposed improvements for the program. In 2012, the U.S. Department of Education invited states to request flexibility waivers in exchange for rigorous plans designed to improve students' education in the state.<ref name=USDE>{{cite web|title=NCLB ESEA Flexibility|url=http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/esea-flexibility/index.html|website=U.S. Department of Education|date=2016-05-12}}</ref>