NCLB: Multiple Measures and More

The Education Policy Blog has an article this morning that starts with Rep. George Miller's speech on NCLB reauthorization. In that speech to the National Press Club, Rep. Miller talked about multiple measures, which the Ed Policy Blog call, "an incantation that has provoked more Sturmunddrang in national education politics than if Rep. Miller had stood at the podium and revealed he was a visitor from space.

This is a good read on the topics relevant to reauthorization: multiple measures, calculating AYP, teaching to the test, improving the quality of exams and their cost, and reframing accountability. The article ends with predictions about the future of NCLB, and we're all interested in that!