I try to live by my rules, and one at the top is “bad news doesn’t get better with age.” It’s better to ‘fess up, especially when you are really wrong. I was really wrong about at least one of the “usual suspects."From Crystal Apple: Education Insiders’ Predictions for No Child Left Behind’s Reathorization, Coby Loup and Michael J Petrilli, Fordham Institute. Released January 4, 2007.

Andy Rotherham was one of those surveyed.
When you’ve dug yourself into a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. So, my sincere apologies to the eduwonk.