广播电视英语短句 第 114 课：公立学校的教学-2

President George W. Bush and Congress expanded federal intervention. 总统小.布什和国会加大了联邦的干预。

His education law, still in effect, required states to show yearly progress in student learning as measured by the states' own tests. 他所制定的教育法，目前仍然有效，要求各州通过测试来衡量学生学习的年度进度。

Now, the Obama administration supports what are known as the Common Core State Standards. 现在，奥巴马政府支持所谓的“共同核心州标准”。

These were developed in a year-long process led by state governors and chief state school officers. 这个标准是在各州州长以及学校主要行政人员领导下开发出来的。

Texas and Alaska were the only states not to take part. 德克萨斯州和阿拉斯加州是仅有的两个没有参与进来的州。