Panel Report Is Latest Rx for NCLB

Washington

Now that a high-profile and potentially influential panel has released its detailed proposal for revising the No Child Left Behind Act, the Bush administration and education groups are waiting to hear from the institution that matters most: Congress.

The Aspen Institute’s Commission on No Child Left Behind last week unveiled 75 recommendations for changes to the 5-year-old federal law. The commission’s report outlines ways to determine teachers’ effectiveness using student test-score data, proposes a $400 million investment in technology so states can track individual students’ academic growth, and says that parents should have the right to sue districts if they aren’t faithfully implementing the law.

The report also could give new momentum to the push for national standards...