COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania, Chairman THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio PETER HOEKSTRA. Michigan HOWARD P. "BUCK” MCKEON, California MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware SAM JOHNSON, Texas JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri JAMES C. GREENWOOD, Pennsylvania CHARLIE W. NORWOOD, JR., Georgia RON PAUL, Texas BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado FRED UPTON, Michigan NATHAN DEAL, Georgia VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan MATT SALMON, Arizona THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado ERNIE FLETCHER, Kentucky JIM DEMINT, South Carolina JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California MAJOR R. OWENS, New York DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey PATSY MINK, Hawaii ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey TIM ROEMER, Indiana ROBERT C. "BOBBY" SCOTT, Virginia LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCELO, Puerto-Rico CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas CAROLYN MCCARTHY, New York JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts RON KIND, Wisconsin LORETTA SANCHEZ, California HAROLD E. FORD, JR., Tennessee RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey Kevin Talley, Chief of Staff Gail E. Weiss, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND FAMILIES MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware, Chairman Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families Hearing on “Authorization of the National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, and National Assessment Governing Board TABLE OF CONTENTS OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN MICHAEL CASTLE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND FAMILIES.............. 2 STATEMENT OF DR. GARY W. PHILLIPS, ACTING COMMISSIONER, NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS, WASHINGTON, D.C. .... 8 STATEMENT OF MR. CHRISTOPHER J. KLICKA, ESQ., SENIOR COUNSEL, HOME SCHOOL LEGAL DEFENSE ASSOCIATION, AND EXECUTIVE STATEMENT OF DR. MICHAEL E. WARD, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC APPENDIX A -- THE OPENING STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE MICHAEL CASTLE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF APPENDIX B -- THE OPENING STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE DALE E. KILDEE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF APPENDIX D -- THE WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF DR. GARY W. PHILLIPS, APPENDIX E -- THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL ON THE 81 107 APPENDIX F -- THE WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF DR. CHESTER E. FINN, JR., PRESIDENT, THOMAS B. FORDHAM FOUNDATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.. 131 APPENDIX G -- THE WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF MR. CHRISTOPHER KLICKA, SENIOR COUNSEL, HOME SCHOOL LEGAL DEFENSE ASSOCIATION, PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA.......... 147 APPENDIX H -- THE WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF DR. MICHAEL E. WARD, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 163 Table of Indexes......... 173 (IV) |