Center on Education Policy

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As Schools Spend More Time on Reading and Math, Magnitude of Curriculum-Narrowing Effect is Revealed

Shifts Appear Quite Large in Districts Reporting Change in Educational Priorities
Last summer, a groundbreaking report verified what many in the education and policy communities had long suspected: that a majority of the nation’s school districts were increasing time spent on reading and math in elementary schools since the No Child Left Behind Act became law in 2002, while most of these districts cut back on time spent on other subjects.