Defining 'Failure' Critical To Bush Testing Plan

President Bush has pledged to get tough on schools that are failing to educate their students. But how do you determine when schools are "failing"?

As Congress discovered this month, coming up with that answer is no easy task.

Last week, a bipartisan compromise reached by senators and the White House after extensive negotiations drew stinging criticism from one advocacy group, which charged that...

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