Teach Effectively!

The Forum on Educational Accountability (FEA) issued a press release stating it’s views on the re-authorization of the “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) law, the current incarnation of the venerable Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The joint statement of > 100 organizations list 14 major recommendations. Here’s the main idea:

As U.S. Senate and House committees consider revisions to the federal “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) law, 128 national education, civil rights, religious, civic, labor and disability groups have now signed on to a Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB, which states “the law’s emphasis needs to shift from applying sanctions for failing to raise test scores to holding states and localities accountable for making the systemic changes that improve student achievement.”

Link to the press release as html or PDF. and to the FEA site.