Was Arne Duncan right on AYP?
Education Secretary Arne Duncan was accused last month of hyping data by some of his supporters (though, for a change, not by me) fortelling Congress that 82 percent of public schools could be at risk of failing to meet federally required education goals this year, which would be a jump from 37 percent last year.
Well, in Vermont, the Associated Press reported Thursday that new standardized test results released by the state Education Department show that 72 percent of 216 public schools did not meet federal achievement targets under the 2002 No Child Left Behind law this year — up from 31 percent the year before. The tests were given last