Election Notebook

The Department of Education last week rejected a request from three Republican members of the House to turn over a study on student performance in Texas that they say impugns George W. Bush's education record.

Until late last week, department officials had denied any knowledge that the study even existed. But they acknowledged April 6 that a department researcher had admitted to writing it.

The study concerns student-achievement gains in Texas, where Mr. Bush, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has served...