"DOUBLESPEAK" Federal court agrees with Connecticut's lawsuit YET Dismisses

This lawsuit presented by Connecticut -- and the subsequent decisions to dismiss the case-- needs to go all the way to the Supreme Court.

""Although the state is correct that the secretary's interpretation of the Unfunded
Mandates Provision is clear and that the parties have a concrete dispute about its meaning and constitutionality, the District Court did not err in concluding it would benefit from a more developed administrative record and that therefore this case is not yet fit for review," said the opinion by U.S. Circuit Judge Barrington D. Parker."

If Connecticut - one of our nation's most affluent education states - can't hold the federal government accountable, then it should be easy to guess how the poor states of the nation are 'getting along' with NCLB compliance. In fact, you don't have to guess. Just look around at various states' data, and their annual trends since NCLB's inception. Trends will show states are making progress, at least in the areas of state-wide testing and data collection (the only real conclusions the data reveals ... at best; some states know how to skew ...). These are commendable, considering they have been left to fend for themselves. But this isn't good enough, as many states fall short of NCLB's annual expectations.

Since the federal government cannot - will not - be accountable and fund the provisions set forth by the NCLB law, then states who cannot achieve success should be not be held accountable either.

"DoubleSpeak" is alive and well at the federal level of public education.