Former U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige, who helped launch the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, died Tuesday morning, according to his family. Paige was 92.

The controversial education policy that largely defined former President George W. Bush’s administration under Paige’s leadership scaled up the federal government’s role in holding schools accountable for students’ test scores. A version of the initiative was first modeled in Texas when Bush was governor.

Paige also had strong ties to Texas.

The Mississippi native served as Houston Independent School District superintendent from 1994 to 2001 after spending five years as a school board member, earning a reputation for “innovative reforms,” according to Education Week .

Paige, who was sworn into Houston ISD’s school board in 199

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