Clean up the Test Mess

Lewis discusses the problem of continuously clinging to the status model of adequate yearly progress (AYP) under the No Child left Behind (NCLB) Act. If public education is going to do what it should do for all kids, then the current AYP model needs to be eliminated, zapped out of the legislation. All the studies and proposals for improving NCLB that are beginning to pour out of associations, groups, and special interests show that Americans are spending an awful lot of time trying to fix the AYP mess, when their best efforts ought to be focused on finding ways to demonstrate accountability that are grounded in some research.