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Jeff Merkley: “Do you find that if the punitive structure of No Child Left Behind was taken away, does the data itself and slicing it…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2011
Do you find that if the punitive structure of No Child Left Behind was taken away, does the data itself and slicing it in many different directions prove helpful to understanding the progress of the school and the service to different subgroups?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the effectiveness of No Child Left Behind's punitive measures on educational assessment.

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