Organizations Speak Out on ESEA/NCLB Reauthorization: Statements from 2007 – 2009

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is up for reauthorization this year. It has been at the center of discussion among key stakeholders in the education community, in addition to organizations including civic, civil rights, business, think-tanks, faith-based, community-based, parent, and other activist organizations. NCLB has clearly generated much more "voice" and response than when the Act was passed in 2002. As a service to keep activists informed of what national organizations are thinking, Public Education Network is posting their NCLB positions as they are received by PEN. PEN recognizes the importance of the public in keeping informed about the discussion, and the importance of citizens to take part in one of the most important federal education acts.

American Association of School Administrators
- Press Release: AASA Releases Vision for New and Improved ESEA (March 2007)

Association of American Publishers
- Position Statement in Support of the No Child Left Behind

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Recommendations for the Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind

Aspen Institute
- Aspen Institute's NCLB Commission Report

Business Coalition for School Achievement
- Reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act: Recommendations to Improve and Strengthen the Law

Center for American Progress
- Report Card on Public Education (February 2007)

Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives
- McKeon Statement on Strong Support for ESEA Reauthorization in National, Bipartisan Survey
- Revised House of Representative Testimony (May11, 2007)
- Miller Statement on ESEA Reauthorization (April 23, 2007)

Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
- CCSSO Praises House Subcommittee for Examining Special Education Issues
- NGA-CCSSO-NASBE Joint Statement on Reauthorization
- NGA-CCSSO-NASBE Joint Letter to Congress on Reauthorization

Council of the Greater City Schools
- Executive Director Michael Casserly's Statement on The Final Report of the No Child Left Behind Commission

Education Industry Assocation - Guiding Legislative Principles for NCLB Legislation on Supplemental Educational Services, Charter School Management, and Special Education Services (March 29, 2007)

The Education Trust
- Testimony on the Reauthorization of NCLB (January 2, 2007)

Forum on Education Accountability
- Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB

National Alliance of Pupil Services Organizations (NAPSO)
- NAPSO Principles for the Reauthorization of NCLB

National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
- NASPP's Response to Aspen Institute's NCLB Commission Report (February 19, 2007)
- NASSP's No Child Left Behind recommendations

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National Association of State Boards of Education
- NASBE Issues "Guiding Principles" for Changes to No Child Left Behind Act
- NGA-CCSSO-NASBE Joint Statement on Reauthorization
- NGA-CCSSO-NASBE Joint Letter to Congress on Reauthorization

National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Visit Federal Policies and Legislation page, scroll down to NAEYC: Comments on Major Legislation in 2007 and select No Child Left Behind.

National Collaboration for Youth
- Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary education Act

National Council of La Raza
- No Child Left Behind: Policy Overview

- NCLR's Position on No Child Left Behind Act and English Language Learners

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- No Child Left Behind: What it Means to Teachers

National Education Association
- NEA President Reg Weaver's Statement on Bush's SOTU, Spellings' Plan for Reauthorization (January 25, 2007)
- NEA President Reg Weaver Encouraged that Additional States Can More Effectively Measure Student Progress with Pilot Program Under NCLB (November 10, 2006)

National Governors Association
- NGA-CCSSO-NASBE Joint Statement on Reauthorization
- NGA-CCSSO-NASBE Joint Letter to Congress on Reauthorization

National Middle School Association
- NMSA's Recommendations for Reauthorization of NCLB

National Rural Education Advocacy Coalition
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act Talking Points (May 29, 2007)

National School Boards Association (NSBA)
- NSBA's Issue Brief: Improving NCLB
- Proposed Legislative Language for the ESEA Reauthorization 2007
- The Why Reports: NCLB Series

Parent-Teacher Association
- Press Release: PTA Urges Inclusion of Four Key Principles in ESEA Reauthorization (March 2007)
- No Child Left Behind - PTA's Parent Involvement Legislative Initiative for the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- PTA's recommendations for NCLB-ESEA reauthorization (Available in English and Spanish)
- PTA Position Overview for the Upcoming ESEA-ESEA Reauthorization (English and Spanish)
- Reauthorization Action Checklist
- PTA Position Overview for the Upcoming ESEA-ESEA Reauthorization

Public Education Network
- Public Education Network's Statement on NCLB Commission Findings (February 13, 2007)
- Position Statement on No Child Left Behind (June 6, 2007)

The Rural School and Community Trust
- Position paper on the Reauthorization of NCLB

United Church of Christ
- UCC education advocate questions NCLB
- Ecumenical Advocacy Days Conference

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Report Card on Public Education
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization: Improving NCLB to Close the Achievement Gap

U.S. Department of Education
- Secretary Spellings' Prepared Testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor (May 10, 2007)
- Statement by Secretary Spellings on NCLB Recommendations by the Forum on Educational Accountability (June 14, 2007)
- Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2007 (July 12, 2007)

United States Senate
- Senator Russell Feingold's Letter on Reauthorization
Also signed by:
- Maria Cantwell
- Carl Levin
- Ken Salazar
- Patrick Leahy
- E. Benjamin Nelson
- Debbie Stabenow
- Amy Klobuchar
- Richard J. Durbin