Margaret Spellings

I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

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In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven't seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year and not provide annual assessment as is required in the statute. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

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It's a hard process to navigate... to figure out where your kid ought to go to college. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

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My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

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The long and short of it is, we need more rigor in all kinds of programs. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

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There's lots of institutions and lots of different cultures, and so that's the kind of thing that parents need to be able to evaluate, and students themselves, when they make a selection. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

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We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

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We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have to get more people educated to higher levels. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

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Well, one of them is annual assessment in grades 3-8. It's integral to the implementation of everything. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

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