Which policy aimed to ensure equal educational opportunities and was changed by Obama to ESSA?

• A. Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
• B. Woodcock-Munoz Language Survey
• C. Open syllable
• D. Diagnostic assessment

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is understanding a federal policy designed to ensure equal educational opportunities. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was the pioneering law aimed at closing achievement gaps and giving more support to schools serving disadvantaged students. In 2015, Obama led the reauthorization that reshaped this act into the Every Student Succeeds Act. ESSA keeps the goal of equal opportunity but shifts more responsibility to states and districts, giving them flexibility in how to measure and improve school performance while continuing to fund programs for low-income students. The other options aren’t policies about equal educational opportunities or aren’t connected to ESSA—one is a language assessment tool, another is a phonics pattern, and the last is a general type of assessment.