Education

No Child States

AP - Thu Jul 6, 6:35 PM ET

The Education Department has reviewed the student testing systems used by the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to determine if they comply with the No Child Left Behind law. The grades given by the department for those testing plans:

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