Efforts to revise the law are mired in backroom negotiations in both the House and the Senate and show no signs of gaining the momentum necessary to ensure completion of the reauthorization in 2008.
November 1, 2007
This week marked the first time President Bush said he would veto a reauthorization bill that did not include the accountability rules and school choice measures that he favors.
October 18, 2007
Lawmakers' proposals for reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act could reduce the focus on randomized experiments.
October 16, 2007
President Bush spoke about NCLB last week and added two words to his typical description of the law’s central goal: “or above.”
October 12, 2007
Lawmakers are proposing that only those schools failing to make AYP in several subgroups for three consecutive years would be required to offer tutoring.
October 8, 2007
As lawmakers continued backroom negotiations, President Bush urged them to move the bill along.
September 28, 2007
Once considered sacrosanct, NCLB's academic achievement proficiency goal appears to be open for negotiation.
September 24, 2007
If Senator Edward M. Kennedy wants to get a bill reauthorizing NCLB through Congress before the end of this year, he has some big stumbling blocks to overcome.
September 21, 2007
The two national teachers’ unions have mounted a vigorous lobbying campaign against the plan's incentive-pay provisions.
September 14, 2007
The proposal aims to ensure that the cost of paying teachers’ salaries does not end up lavishing more money per student on one school than another.
September 12, 2007
The draft of changes to the No Child Left Behind Act features potential incentives for states to test students in core subjects other than those now required—mathematics, reading, and science.
September 7, 2007
The draft provisions also address programs such as teacher quality and professional development, Reading First, services for English-language learners, and impact aid.
September 7, 2007
The Secretary says she is ‘deeply troubled’ by sections that might soften accountability.
September 7, 2007
Special education advocacy groups offered a mixed assessment of the draft proposal for reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act.
August 31, 2007
Observers raised concerns about how a draft plan to reauthorize NCLB would affect English-language learners.
August 31, 2007
The draft outlines key House members’ plans to change the accountability system by measuring students’ academic growth and adding other indicators to those in reading and mathematics.
August 31, 2007
Members of Congress have introduced more than 100 bills to amend the law.
August 30, 2007
The California Democrat would allow states to use multiple measures to assess student progress.
August 10, 2007
As the reauthorization process slows in Congress, presidential candidates take up the issue during a debate.
July 27, 2007
Some disability-rights advocates fear high standards for students with disabilities could be sacrificed as states seek more flexibility in NCLB.
July 17, 2007
The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee signaled that he’ll propose some major changes in his reauthorization bill.
July 13, 2007
How can the federal law be changed to make sure struggling schools get help?
June 19, 2007
It backs a bill that would require districts to document how they informed parents about the availability of the tutoring.
May 22, 2007
Twenty-five House members formally presented their ideas for revising the law to senior members of the Education and Labor Committee.
May 17, 2007
The president has been actively highlighting what he sees as the successes of the law.
May 1, 2007
House lawmakers invited ideas on how to improve the quality of and access to tutoring made available under the No Child Left Behind Act.
April 24, 2007
Because the federal law gives the states the power to define proficiency, there are 50 different definitions of the term.
April 17, 2007
The Washington-based group Education Trust has advocated keeping accountability strong under the law.
April 17, 2007
The National Governors Association has released recommendations for NCLB renewal that aim to preserve the federal role in holding states accountable for student learning.
Updated: January 17, 2008
Experts say NCLB has prompted a significant improvement in the education of students with disabilities.
April 3, 2007
Advocates want the federal law to give states the power to enforce the parental-involvement sections of NCLB.
April 3, 2007
The two national teachers’ unions want a radical overhaul of the federal law’s accountability measures.
March 20, 2007
Reducing teacher-quality gaps in public schools was the central topic of a hearing held in Washington last week.
March 13, 2007
The Bush administration and education groups are now waiting to hear from the institution that matters most: Congress.
February 20, 2007
Witnesses offered ideas for fixing the lowest-achieving schools, including closing failing schools and restarting them from scratch.
February 13, 2007
