In today’s Washington Post, Margaret Spellings mildly praised the progress created by NCLB. That “Student achievement results from the Nation’s Report Card published last week show that we are on the right track. Since enactment of the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act, which called for all students to be on grade level in reading and math by 2014, students have been making progress in reading and math in elementary and middle school. Improvement has been greatest for African American and Hispanic students and those students who are lowest-achieving.” But, I will unforunately offer a different statistic and insight into our condition.

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