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Kline: No Child Left Behind reform would give states more control

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U.S. Rep. John Kline
U.S. Rep. John Kline on Dec. 9, 2014.
Brett Neely | MPR News file

The U.S. House is expected to take up a GOP-led effort Wednesday to replace the No Child Left Behind law put in place nearly 15 years ago.

The law, which expired seven years ago, required states to put accountability tests in place to measure the performance of teachers and students.

Minnesota Republican Rep. John Kline, who wrote the House bill, says it would keep accountability tests in place but give states more control over setting school policies and curriculum.

"When you travel around the country and you ask people about No Child Left Behind, there is literally nobody who says 'Wow that's a great law. It's working terrific. We've got to keep it,'" Kline said on MPR News with Tom Weber.

Several states, including Minnesota, have received waivers from the federal government to set up their own accountability systems. Kline says states could keep those systems in place under his proposal.