Klein, A. (2014, October 09). Should a School Get an ‘A’ Even if Poor and Minority Students Underperform?

Do the new “A through F” and similar accountability systems states designed under the Obama administration’s No Child Left Behind Act waivers do a good job of recognizing how schools are doing when it comes to educating poor and minority students? Not so much, according to a new report released Thursday by the Education Trust, an organization in Washington that advocates for such students.