Top students lagging under No Child Left Behind, report says

 Although the nation's lowest-performing students have made great progress in the No Child Left Behind era of testing, the top students are not making similar strides, according to a report by the Fordham Institute.

The trend in Maryland mirrors the nation, said Tom Loveless, a Brookings Institution researcher who helped write the report for Fordham.

Students who scored in the 90th percentile and above are making the least progress on national standardized tests. Read more about the trend in The Baltimore Sun online.