No Child Left Behind Architect Praises N.Y.
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An architect of the federal No Child Left Behind law who is currently working to get the legislation reauthorized, with changes, said yesterday New York City programs are teaching him a lesson in how to do that. Rep. George Miller, a Democrat from California and the chairman of the House education committee, singled out two programs as particularly “ground breaking”: a test program to give bonuses to teachers in schools that show progress on tests, and the city’s new report cards for schools.
