The Center On Education Policy…

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.