Department Raps States on Testing
The U.S. Department of Education has notified 10 states that it intends to withhold a portion of their state administrative funds under the Title I program for failing to comply fully with the testing provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act by the end of the 2005-06 school year. Those funds would instead be diverted directly to school districts.
Twenty-five additional states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico also could have a portion of their aid withheld if they fail to meet timelines for having their testing systems fully in compliance with the federal law by the end of the coming school year.
Coupled with a recent threat to withhold money from states that fail to meet the law’s requirements for “highly qualified” teachers, the move signals a significant toughening in the enforcement of the federal law, a reauthorization of the Elementary...
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