Tom Luna, Idaho's Superintendent of Public Instruction, announced the state will no longer comply with the federal No Child Left Behind regulations that test children until reforms are made and there are tests to measure student academic growth from year to year according to an Associated Press report.
Luna told the AP that the law was now a stumbling block preventing student progress.
Governing reports that Idaho isn't alone: Kentucky has taken the same position and South Dakota might join them soon. The magazine reported that reforming the law seemed unlikely in the current Congress, citing Rep. John Yarmuth saying that given budget problems and the looming presidential election, reform just wouldn't happen.
