Another report card.

• Position: Stateline - Public schools - Brief Article

Three years after passage of the No Child Left Behind Act finds most states well short of setting solid academic expectations for their public schools, according to the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. The foundation found only three states--California, Indiana and Massachusetts--deserve "A" grades in setting math and English standards. The review examined states' progress in spelling out suitable goals for the skills and knowledge that children...