Forum on Educational Accountability

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Keep Up the Pressure for NCLB Reform!

 

The signers of the Joint Organizational Statement on No Child Left Behind are having a major impact!  Soon the House Education Committee will discuss and vote on a new Elementary and Secondary Education Act/NCLB.

 

The House Education Committee discussion draft for a new ESEA/NCLB responded to some FEA recommendations, particularly for multiple forms of assessment. But there is still a long way to go to meet the principles in the Joint Statement. And some supporters of the current law are working to block fundamental reform. Now is the time to counter those who claim the current law is the only way to do “accountability" or to improve schools. Let's keep pushing to fix the federal law.

 

FEA has a two-page response to the House discussion draft. Use it to create your own letters. Tell the House Education Committee and your Representative that the improvements from the draft must be kept in the final bill, but many deeper changes are still needed.

 

Have your members and constituents tell their Representatives to rely on the Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB to guide their votes on reauthorization of NLCB. For more detail, they should consult the Forum on Educational Accountability recommendations.

 

You can send an email letter to ESEA.Comments@mail.house.gov. Find your Representative’s contact information at www.house.gov and send a copy to her or him. Faxes are best, but emails are still good.  

For a copy of the Joint Statement and the reports and recommendations of the Forum on Educational Accountability, go to www.edaccountability.org.

September 18, 2007