PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.prweb.com PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en PRWeb Distribution Newswire http://www.prweb.com/images_v4/prweb_logo_hv.jpg http://www.prweb.com 200 46 xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 School Success Under "No Child Left Behind" Depends on Location http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2135654.htm A national report released yesterday by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the Kingsbury Center at Northwest Evaluation Association underscores the wide variation in academic standards from state to state. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says "The Accountability Illusion highlights that we have some important problems to fix in the No Child Left Behind law. Our kids need high, consistent standards that reflect college-readiness and career readiness with flexibility at the state and local level on how to achieve those standards." (PRWeb Feb 20, 2009)

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