广播电视英语短句 第 190 课：教育法案的议题-1

President Obama sent Congress a proposal this week to rewrite the main federal education law. 本周总统奥巴马向国会递交了一份重写主要联邦教育法案的议题。

The current version of the law, signed by George W. Bush eight years ago, is known as the No Child Left Behind Act. 正在使用法案的版本因所有孩子都不会被拉下而闻名，并在 8 年前由乔治 W 布什签署的。

That name would go away. 此法案也将撤除。

The current policy calls for every student to be able to pass state tests in reading and math by two thousand fourteen. 当前的政策号召每一个学生都可在 2014 前通过阅读和数学的州考。

All schools must show yearly progress toward this goal. But states decide how much students need to know to show "proficiency." 所有的学校必需列出每年对这一目标的进展情况。但是各州可以决定学生要考多少分才算的上 是 “ 精通 " 。