Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said last week that her department has written a 鈥渦ser-friendly鈥� guide to the No Child Left Behind Act for state education leaders.
鈥淣o Child Left Behind: A Road Map for State Implementation鈥� does not contain technical data. Instead, it鈥檚 a collection of Department of Education-selected highlights of administrative interpretations of the law that have been issued since it was signed into law in early 2002. Among many examples, the booklet gives an overview of adequate-yearly-progress measurements, assessments of students with disabilities, and requirements for 鈥渉ighly qualified鈥� teachers.
鈥淭he Road Map breaks down a sometimes complex law into clear, common-sense principles, such as annual student assessment, disaggregation of data, and proficiency by 2014,鈥� Secretary Spellings writes in the foreword to the booklet. 鈥淲e want states to always be headed toward the right destination, even if how they get there differs along the way.鈥�
Ms. Spellings announced the publication on Nov. 10 during a presentation at an education symposium in Charlotte, N.C., sponsored by the James B. Hunt Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy.
The booklet is online at .
