by Jack Jennings | Apr 21, 2011 | academic standards, accountability, federal education policy, federal funding, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), teachers, tests / assessments
Federal funding for schools has not been effective, asserted some conservative members of Congress at a recent hearing on extending the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the main national law aiding public education. Soon, it is safe to bet, some members...
by Jack Jennings | Apr 7, 2011 | No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), teachers, tests / assessments
The Center on Education Policy has received dozens of calls from the news media about the Obama administration’s effort to improve the schools that rank among lowest-achieving 5 percent of schools in each state. This year, most of those schools in every state...
