Florida provides a dramatic example of the nation’s experience, where growth in student performance slowed after NCLB and traditional reforms showed themselves to be more effective than the test-driven, market-driven, panaceas that Bush is peddling today. Arizona School Board Association's researcher Mike Martin reminds us of 1999, when "W" was a relatively moderate, compassionate conservative, and Jeb Bush took office as Florida governor. The state had started a balanced effort to reform education. For eight years,
