GAO to Probe Federal Plan for Reading
Senate Education Leaders Request an Investigation
Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate education committee have joined the debate over the implementation of Reading First, with a call for an investigation into the federal program by the watchdog arm of Congress.
The request to the Government Accountability Office follows allegations that federal officials and their agents may have steered program contracts to favored publishers and consultants, and complaints that the program has not adhered to the principles of scientific evidence outlined in federal law.
It also comes on the heels of at least three requests to the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Education to scrutinize the department’s administration of the...
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