Diane Ravitch and Checker Finn warn that a House-passed bill to overhaul the Department of Education's office of educational research and improvement would damage the federal government's ability to report on the condition of education. Ravitch and Finn argue that the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Assessment Governing Board will see their independence compromised and will become more subject to political control under the new bill and urge the Senate to rectify the situation. For details, see "Time to Save Federal Education Data," by Diane Ravitch and Chester E. Finn, Jr., Education Week, July 10, 2002.
