H.R. 3989, THE STUDENT SUCCESS ACT, AND H.R. 3990, THE ENCOURAGING INNOVATION AND EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ACT HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 16, 2012 Serial No. 112–52 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and the Workforce ( Available via the World Wide Web: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/committee.action?chamber=house&committee=education or Committee address: http://edworkforce.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 72–814 PDF WASHINGTON : 2012 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE JOHN KLINE, Minnesota, Chairman Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin George Miller, California, Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon, California Senior Democratic Member Judy Biggert, Illinois Dale E. Kildee, Michigan Todd Russell Platts, Pennsylvania Donald M. Payne, New Jersey Joe Wilson, South Carolina Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey Virginia Foxx, North Carolina Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott, Virginia Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Lynn C. Woolsey, California Duncan Hunter, California Rube´n Hinojosa, Texas David P. Roe, Tennessee Carolyn McCarthy, New York Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania John F. Tierney, Massachusetts Tim Walberg, Michigan Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee Rush D. Holt, New Jersey Richard L. Hanna, New York Susan A. Davis, California Todd Rokita, Indiana Rau´ l M. Grijalva, Arizona Larry Bucshon, Indiana Timothy H. Bishop, New York Trey Gowdy, South Carolina David Loebsack, Iowa Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania Mazie K. Hirono, Hawaii Kristi L. Noem, South Dakota Jason Altmire, Pennsylvania Martha Roby, Alabama Joseph J. Heck, Nevada Dennis A. Ross, Florida Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania Barrett Karr, Staff Director Jody Calemine, Minority Staff Director (II) CONTENTS Page Hearing held on February 16, 2012 ....................................................................... 1 Statement of Members: Kline, Hon. John, Chairman, Committee on Education and the Workforce 1 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 3 Miller, Hon. George, senior Democratic member, Committee on Education and the Workforce ......................................................................................... 4 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 6 Statement of Witnesses: Balfanz, Robert, research scientist and co-director, Everyone Graduates Center, Center for Social Organization of Schools, School of Education, Johns Hopkins University ............................................................................ 32 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 33 Cunningham, Jimmy, superintendent, Hampton School District ................ 40 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 42 Kazmier, Felicia, art teacher, Otero Elementary School, Colorado Springs, CO .................................................................................................................. 37 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 39 Luna, Tom, Idaho superintendent of public instruction; president, Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) ...................................................... 9 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 11 Pompa, Delia, senior vice president of programs, National Council of La Raza .......................................................................................................... 13 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 16 Schaffer, Hon. Bob, chairman, Colorado State Board of Education; former Member, U.S. House of Representatives ..................................................... 27 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 29 Additional Submissions: Mr. Balfanz, response to questions submitted for the record ....................... 143 Biggert, Hon. Judy, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, questions submitted for the record to: Ms. Kazmier ............................................................................................... 136 Mr. Luna .................................................................................................... 137 Mr. Schaffer ............................................................................................... 139 Mr. Cunningham ....................................................................................... 141 Mr. Balfanz ................................................................................................ 143 Mr. Cunningham, response to questions submitted for the record .............. 142 Ms. Kazmier, response to questions submitted for the record ...................... 136 Mr. Kline: The National School Boards Association, prepared statement of .......... 131 Mr. Luna, response to questions submitted for the record ........................... 138 Mr. Miller: Betsy Landers, president, National Parent Teacher Association, pre- pared statement of ................................................................................. 75 James H. Wendorf, executive director, National Center for Learning Disabilities, prepared statement of ...................................................... 78 National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), letter, dated January 17, 2012 ................................................................................... 78 National School Boards Association (NSBA), letter, dated January 19, 2012 .................................................................................................. 85 American Association of School Administrators (AASA), letter?.87 ..... Organizations (38) in opposition to the Student Success Act, letter, dated January 24, 2012 ......................................................................... 89 U.S. Chamber of Commerce, letter, dated February 13, 2012 .............. 90 (III) IV Page Additional Submissions—Continued Mr. Miller—Continued ‘‘Cut and Run: House Republicans’ Education Plan Would Short- change Disadvantaged Students and Schools,’’ article, Center for American Progress, February 2012 ...................................................... 92 Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), letter, dated Feb- ruary 2, 2012 .......................................................................................... 101 First Focus Campaign for Children, letter, dated February 13, 2012 .. 102 National Association of Elementary Schools (NAESP), National Asso- ciation of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), letter, dated Feb- ruary 3, 2012 .......................................................................................... 104 Education Task Force of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), letter, dated February 6, 2012 ................................................. 106 Coalition for Teaching Quality, letter, dated February 13, 2012 .......... 108 Business Coalition for Student Achievement (BCSA), letter, dated February 13, 2012 .................................................................................. 110 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), letter, dated February 13, 2012 ......................................................................................................... 112 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Edu- cation Coalition, letter, dated February 10, 2012 ............................... 113 Partner for Children, et al, letter, dated February 13, 2012 ................. 115 Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET), letter, dated February 13, 2012 ................... 116 National Education Association: ‘‘Equity in Education for All Stu- dents: How the House Bills Fall Short’’ ............................................... 120 New America Foundation: ‘‘House ESEA Bill Would Lift Title I Spending Requirements’’ ....................................................................... 121 Center for American Progress: ‘‘Denying Poor Children an Equitable Education Conservatives’ Student Success Act Guarantees Any- thing but Success,’’ article, February 15, 2012 .................................... 123 Letter, dated February 9, 2012, from the Business Coalition for Stu- dent Achievement (BCSA) ..................................................................... 125 Mr. Schaffer, response to questions submitted for the record ...................... 139 Thompson, Hon. Glenn, a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania: The American Farm Bureau Federation, prepared statement of .......... 63 H.R. 3989, THE STUDENT SUCCESS ACT, AND H.R. 3990, THE ENCOURAGING INNOVATION AND EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ACT Thursday, February 16, 2012 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce Washington, DC The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:03 a.m., in room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. John Kline [chairman of the committee] presiding. Present: Representatives Kline, Petri, Biggert, Platts, Foxx,