The big question is will the Bush administration be able to defuse this political opposition. |
The bottom line is we should take pleasure in the fact American kids are doing better in math. Math achievement is going up in the United States in the long term. It is not, however, where kids in the United States ought to be. |
The key question (for parents) is whether kids are doing better in regular school as a result of the services. |
The president is not going to back down on No Child Left Behind. That means these testing companies are going to have to improve very quickly, which will probably mean they'll have to charge the states more. |
The rate of improvement was faster before the law. There's a question as to whether No Child is slowing down our progress nationwide. |
They're trying incremental approaches - bringing in coaches, rethinking use of time, changing curriculum, retraining teachers. |
They're trying incremental approaches -- bringing in coaches, rethinking use of time, changing curriculum, retraining teachers. |
We have to ask the question whether No Child Left Behind is slowing down progress. |