Bottom line: note the part that says now that election is over, the rules may be eased to help out the flunking states/schools
http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=25066&docId=l:252649550&start=4Nine out of 10 Florida schools are going to fail to meet the federal No Child Left Behind law this year unless the state delays tougher measures set to go into effect this year, according to a study commissioned by the state's school superintendents.
Schools across the state have been pushing the Florida Department of Education to go to the federal government and renegotiate the measurements that determine whether schools meet the federal standard, called adequate yearly progress.
Last year 77 percent of schools across the state failed the standards -- the worst rate in the nation. This year, under a state step-up plan, the standards would be even harder to meet.
The state's superintendents, school boards and teachers say Florida standards are the toughest in the nation and they are putting pressure on the state to change its benchmarks as other states have already done.
Now that the president has been re-elected and there's less pressure on the Bushes, some officials say the state may be more willing to change the benchmarks and give state schools a better opportunity to pass.