If Congress doesn’t move quickly to change the No Child Left Behind law, they project that a whopping 82 percent of the nation’s public schools could fail to meet proficiency targets this year, facing sanctions that ultimately can include a loss of federal aid. That’s up from 37 percent last year.
Beset with a case of the jitters, Education Secretary Arne Duncan is warning of “a slow-moving educational train wreck for children, parents and teachers” — and he’s not waiting for the crash.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/07/04/116988/fear-of-more-failing-test-scores.html
[Found at http://www.richgibson.com/blog/]
