Ellen Forte Fast and William J. Erpenbach, Council of Chief State School Officers
2004
This detail-heavy report summarizes all requests made by states to amend their NCLB accountability plans in 2003-04. The authors classify the requests in a thorough manner; the short section on AYP consequences and reporting, for example, is broken down into four subcategories. They also provide a nice summary of the Education Department's pattern of responses to these requests. For state policy makers, it's bound to be useful, if only to learn from other states' experiences. It's also of value for anyone interested in how states are dealing with NCLB's accountability demands. Overall, though, it's a reference tool, not a page-turner, and the authors make no policy recommendations. You can check it out here.
