An Enormous Opportunity

Author/s
Eric A. Hanushek
Published Date
1-Apr-03
Publication
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Type
“Arkansas Student Accountability and Educational Accountability Act of 2003,” Testimony before the Education Committee, House of Representatives, State of Arkansas, March 26, 2003. Arkansas is following some two dozen other states that have had to respond to a court finding that its current financing system is unconstitutional. These events are always traumatic, but—from a slightly different perspective—they offer enormous opportunity. I am here today because I have gone through the proposed accountability legislation in the Arkansas Student Accountability and Educational Accountability Act of 2003 and I am terribly impressed by it.