claim: "look, i believe in accountability. in 1983, i led the effort in arkansas to improve our schools."
author: hillary clinton
evidence_1: a: i believe in accountability. in 1983, i led the effort in arkansas to improve our  schools, and i do think there is a place for testing. but we should not look at our  children as though they are little, walking tests, and we've gone way overboard.  so i would like to see us do assessments, but understand we need a broad, rich ...
evidence_2: jul 19, 2015 ... “our schools are not doing as good a job as they must. … while there may be  many causes for our dilemma, there is only one solution. we arkansans have to  quit making excuses and accept instead the challenge of excellence once and for  all.” — hillary rodham clinton, arkansas gazette (1983).
evidence_3: oct 30, 2013 ... in 1983, a nation at risk laid bare the state of american education and exposed  what that meant for individuals and the country. ... perhaps a nation at risk's  most important legacies are the educational reforms in our schools since its  publication. ... have these education reforms led to student progress?
evidence_4: this realization has led many states to try to get it right from the start by  expanding their financial investments in pre-kindergarten services, with a goal to  better prepare young children for school success. with public schools facing  heightened accountability requirements, pre-k has emerged as an important  strategy to ...
evidence_5: the result was a report, released in 1983 by the national commission on  excellence in education (ncee), titled "a nation at risk." "the educational  foundations of our society," its authors declared, "are presently being eroded by a  rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people."  they got the ...