02/15/2011
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"I worry about changing substitutes in that room, but I also worry about the 54 percent of our students that are on free and reduced lunch status."
"In 2005, former Senator Olympia Snowe and I, in response to a lot of concerns about the law, put together an NCLB task force to evaluate the impact of the law in Maine."
"The task force identified several unintended consequences of the law's requirement for annual tests."
"Our task force concluded that States needed greater flexibility, and they recommended allowing States to measure student progress over grade spans."