NCSL panel fails to reach consensus on national standards

 After nearly a year of debate, the education committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures failed to reach a unanimous decision on where the panel stands on national standards—setting up a debate and likely vote by the national group’s entire legislative body. The more-than-100-member education committee had been poised to endorse a policy taking a firm stand against any national standards, mirroring the group’s opposition to some parts of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. But not all states participating in the committee meeting agreed with such a stance. Read more about the debate in this article from Education Week.