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On the recordJuly 14, 2011
So tell me this, as you talk about the accountability, and No Child Left Behind has a series of measures after 3 years of nonperformance that start kicking in, do you think generally those strategies are on target, or are they counterproductive?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the effectiveness of accountability measures in No Child Left Behind.

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