Another bogus claim from Secretary Spellings 
"U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today highlighted the results of The Nation's Report Card<sup>TM</sup>: Writing 2007. Secretary Spellings commended educators and students for the significant progress made under No Child Left Behind."
This can't be true.
Some 8th graders might have been impacted by NCLB: They were in grade 2 in 2002 and might have gotten some Reading First instruction, a K-3 program. But progress under NCLB was actually less than before, despite vastly increased amounts of instruction time in reading. In 1998, 8th graders scored 150, in 2002, 153 and in 2007, 156. The 1998-2002 growth was 3 points in 4 years, or .75 points per year. The 2002 to 2007 increase was also three points, but in 5 years. That's .6 points per year.
The usual distortions from the Bush administration.
KEYWORDS: NAEP, Spellings, writing
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