Politics K-12

by Michele McNeil

Remember when U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued the warning that 82 percent of schools would fail to make the grade this year under the No Child Left Behind Act, and hoped that would spur Congress to rewrite the law?

Well, the researchers (or politicians!) behind Duncan’s prediction clearly are “in need of improvement,” based on one group’s analysis.

The real number, according to today’s latest report from the Center on Education Policy: 48 percent.

via Duncan’s 82% NCLB Failure Prediction Way Off Base, New Data Show.