ASCD

2007 ASCD Legislative Agenda
The 2007 Legislative Agenda identifies the Association’s top legislative priorities: Innovative High School Redesign, Closing the Achievement Gap, School Readiness and Early Development of the Whole Child. (More….)

CCSSO

CCSSO’s, NASBE’s and NGA’s Joint Recommendations To Congress for the Reauthorization of NCLB
Governors, Chief State School Officers, and State Boards of Education Members offer recommendations to improve the academic achievement of all students to ensure they are prepared for postsecondary education, work, and lifelong learning in the 21st century.

Recommendations to Reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(2007)

VA Chief Testifies Before House on ESEA Reauthorization (September 10, 2007)

NAESP

Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
NAESP believes that the next version of the ESEA should allow changes in schools for closing the achievement gaps…In addition, the reauthorization must restore the responsibility for student achievement to the states. (More)

NAESP's president, Mary Kay Sommers, testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, to comment on the committee’s draft of the ESEA reauthorization bill. (September 10, 2007)

NASSP

NASSP's NCLB Recommendations
These recommendation call for common-sense changes to the law to ease implementation at the school building level, while maintaining the law’s positive emphasis on reducing achievement gaps and increasing student achievement.

NCLB Commentaries and Correspondence

NASSP Written Testimony to House Education and Labor Committee

NASBE

NASBE’s, CCSSO's and NGA’s Joint Recommendations To Congress for the Reauthorization of NCLB
Governors, Chief State School Officers, and State Boards of Education Members offer recommendations to improve the academic achievement of all students to ensure they are prepared for postsecondary education, work, and lifelong learning in the 21st century.

“Guiding Principles” for NCLB Reauthorization
This document reflects the consensus of the GAC after a year of presentations and discussion with congressional leaders, education policy experts, and, most importantly, with state board members themselves about their perspective and experience in implementing No Child Left Behind.

NASBE Legislative Conference Press Release: Changes Need to be Made to No Child Left Behind Act This Year, State Board Members Tell Congress.

NMSA

NMSA's Recommendations for Reauthorization of NCLB
In January 2007, NMSA sent recommendations to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Congressional leaders involved in NCLB discussions. While the document focuses specifically on NCLB issues, it also reflects the goals and recommendations in NMSA's Success in the Middle: A Policymaker's Guide To Achieving Quality Middle Level Education.

National PTA

PTA’s Parent Involvement Legislative Initiative for the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
PTA has crafted specific recommendations to improve the parent involvement provisions within the law. While ensuring local flexibility, PTA recommends creating a system of accountability designed to encourage parents to be active partners in their child's education…(More).

PTA Recommendations for ESEA-NCLB Reauthorization (PDF)

PTA Position Overview for the Upcoming ESEA-NCLB Reauthorization

Letter to Members of Congress from PTA National President Anna Weselak

Testimony to Congress March 13, 2007

NEA

NEA's Positive Agenda for the ESEA Reauthorization
This Executive Summary of the Positive Agenda highlights the recommendations contained in the full report. This page also provides a link to the full report, which provides the rationale and additional background for each recommendation.(More...)

NEA Offers Praise, Concerns in Response to Title I Draft

NSBA

Improving the No Child Left Behind Act.
NSBA submitted a comprehensive proposal to improve NCLB. H.R. 648, submitted by Rep. Don Young (R-AK-At Large), fully tracks NSBA's draft legislation to strengthen accountability for improving the academic performance of children enrolled in the nation's public schools. Building on the major reforms on NCLB, H.R.648 offers improvements that address many of the unintended consequences of the federal legislation while holding states and schools destricts accountable. Please use this website for background information on NSBA's position on improving NCLS and the bill, H.R. 648.(More…)

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