No Child changes to tighten oversight of public schools

 The Bush administration proposed major changes Tuesday, April 22, 2008, in enforcement of the No Child Left Behind law, including some regulations meant to tighten oversight of public schools, as efforts to revamp the landmark education act have stalled in Congress.

In the most significant shift, all states would be required by 2013 to use the same formula to calculate the high school graduation rate, an effort to shine a light on the nation’s dropout problem and force schools to take steps to ensure that more students earn diplomas.

The proposed rules also would require officials at low-performing schools to better inform parents about a key requirement of the law—that certain children be given access to government-funded tutoring or the chance to transfer to a school with better test scores. Read more in The Washington Post online.