again wants to school vouchers as part of the No Child Left Behind bill. He also want states to publish a report card showing how well they do on a state test compared to a national test.

Looks at changes to state accountability plans as it pertains to the NCLB bill.  They say that states that brought out new testing this year also had to change the annual measurable objectives they had.  An amo for one state equals the passing grade a school must get to meet AYP goals for the NCLB bill.  That change help cause some states to not release testing data before the school year started.

Around 17 states got permission to release testing data late.

The report includes a changes by state table at the end of the report.

other caculations are hiding true performance of schools under the NCLB bill says research done by the Kansas City Star.

has predictions by 12 education insiders on how the reauthorization of the NCLB bill is going to take place.

of the NCLB bill.  The state likes the way it handles student performance, but the federal government wants them to calculate student performance in another way.

for special education kids says a new Baltimore Sun report.  They want special education students to have some special standards put on them, not ones forced by the federal government.