Math achievement is going up in the United States in the long term, ... It is not, however, where kids in the United States ought to be.
The president is not going to back down on No Child Left Behind. That means these testing companies are going to have to improve very quickly, which will probably mean they'll have to charge the states more.
Right now, you're not seeing radical restructuring. States are being very cautious.
The bottom line is we should take pleasure in the fact American kids are doing better in math. Math achievement is going up in the United States in the long term. It is not, however, where kids in the United States ought to be.
It is an interesting case. It's interesting because a judge has to consider the fact that this is a state that's suing. It's not a school district. It's not a teacher's union. It's the state of Connecticut. So that adds a lot more gravity to the lawsuit.