Fixing No Child Left Behind: Testing and Accountability. Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, First Session on Examining No Child Left Behind, Focusing on Testing and Accountability (January 21, 2015). Senate Hearing 114-512
Author: US Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
Subjects: Elementary Secondary Education,Federal Legislation,Educational Legislation,Accountability,High Stakes Tests,Educational Testing,National Competency Tests

This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines No Child Left Behind, focusing on testing and accountability. At the center of the debate about how to fix No Child Left Behind is what to do about the Federal requirement that states, each year, administer 17 standardized tests with high stakes consequences. Following opening statements by Honorable Lamar Alexander (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) and Honorable Patty Murray (U.S. Senator from the State of Washington), the following senators provide statements: (1) Honorable Michael F. Bennet, a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado; (2) Honorable Susan Collins, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine; (3) Honorable Elizabeth Warren, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts; (4) Honorable Pat Roberts, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas; (5) Honorable Richard Burr, a U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina; (6) Honorable Al Franken, a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota; (7) Honorable Johnny Isakson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia; (8) Honorable Tammy Baldwin, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin; (9) Honorable Robert P. Casey, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania; (10) Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, a U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island; and (11) Honorable Christopher S. Murphy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut. Prepared witness statements are offered by: (1) Martin R. West, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Deputy Director, Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard Kennedy School; and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Cambridge, Massachusetts; (2) Paul Leather, Deputy Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Education, Concord, New Hampshire; (3) Tom Boasberg, Superintendent, Denver Public Schools, Denver, Colorado; (4) Wade J. Henderson, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Leadership Conference Education Fund, Washington, DC; (5) Jia Lee, Fourth and Fifth Grade Special Education Teacher, Earth School, New York, New York; and (6) Stephen Lazar, Eleventh Grade U.S. History and English Teacher, Harvest Collegiate High School, New York, New York. Additional materials include: (1) Response by Martin R. West, Ph.D. to questions of: Senator Murkowski; Senator Bennet; and Senator Whitehouse; (2) Response by Paul Leather to questions of: Senator Murkowski; Senator Baldwin; Senator Bennet; and Senator Whitehouse; (3) Response by Wade J. Henderson to questions of: Senator Bennet; and Senator Whitehouse; (4) Response by Jia Lee to questions of Senator Baldwin; and (5) Response by Stephen Lazar to questions of: Senator Baldwin; and Senator Whitehouse.