Dept. of Education Expected to Relax Some Provisions of NCLB

Department of Education, under pressure from state legislatures, plans to ease some provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. The provisions include some regarding teacher certification and also new flexible regulations on participation rates for testing. The new policies will be announced Monday, March 15.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/14/education/14CHIL.html
(dealing with both subjects) and

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56659-2004Mar13.html
(regarding certification only).