§  Research weighs pros and cons of No Child Left Behind
Researchers presented findings about the effectiveness of the No Child Left Behind Act at a conference hosted by the Urban Institute's National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research in Washington, D.C. Some of their findings showed that schools are not encouraged to focus on the lowest- and highest-performing students, and that revised state measures of teacher qualifications are focusing more on content knowledge, not necessarily on education training. Education Week (premium article access compliments of EdWeek.org) (8/13)