Government Responds to States' Problems With No Child Left Behind Act

The U.S. Department of Education struck back against a report made by the Center on Education Policy which revealed that most states aren't confident that its schools will reach the level set by the No Child Left Behind Act (read my March 24 post, Several States are Running Scared Thanks to No Child Left Behind Act, to find out more about the report). In a Dept. of Ed. press release, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Ray Simon made a statement about the achievements made thanks to the act and the mistakes made by the Center on Education Policy in their report.


In response to the report, Simon said:

The perpetual cry for more money, once again echoed in this report, simply does not comport with the facts: since taking office, President Bush has increased education funding by $13.8 billion, or 33 percent. The difference is that this administration is holding states accountable for delivering results with those taxpayer funds. If, as required by No Child Left Behind, students are measured, and the results show they aren't achieving, then the law will have helped local educators see the problems, which in turn will help them make improvements in teaching and learning.