Is it 2007 Yet?
Eric A. Hanushek joins Bridging Differences today. He will blog with Deborah Meier for the next month.

Dear Deborah,
I am honored to participate in this dialogue with you. But readers should know that, because of unforeseen circumstances, this "bridge" is being constructed in an unusual manner. I am actually setting the first set of pilings that anchor this bridge, and Deborah will construct the rest.
A little more than a decade ago we embarked on what is arguably the most significant change in educational policy of the past half-century—the introduction of No Child Left Behind.
While many states had already introduced some form of test-based accountability by 2001, NCLB made this

Dear Deborah,
I am honored to participate in this dialogue with you. But readers should know that, because of unforeseen circumstances, this "bridge" is being constructed in an unusual manner. I am actually setting the first set of pilings that anchor this bridge, and Deborah will construct the rest.
A little more than a decade ago we embarked on what is arguably the most significant change in educational policy of the past half-century—the introduction of No Child Left Behind.
While many states had already introduced some form of test-based accountability by 2001, NCLB made this