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U.S. President Barack Obama, center, signs the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) bill in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House with Kenmore Middle School student Antonio Martin, from left, Senator Lamar Alexander, a Republican of Tennessee, Representative Bobby Scott, a Democrat from Virginia, and Arne Duncan, U.S. secretary of education, right, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. The bipartisan ESSA bill cements the progress made in elementary and secondary education over the last seven years and fixes the No Child Left Behind Act to reduce over-testing. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, signs the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) bill in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House with Kenmore Middle School student Antonio Martin, from left, Senator Lamar Alexander, a Republican of Tennessee, Representative Bobby Scott, a Democrat from Virginia, and Arne Duncan, U.S. secretary of education, right, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. The bipartisan ESSA bill cements the progress made in elementary and secondary education over the last seven years and fixes the No Child Left Behind Act to reduce over-testing. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images