“ Parents Challenge President to Dig Deeper on Ed Tech.” “ Industry Sees Promise, and Cause for Worry, in President’s Data-Privacy Plans.” He will propose “ The Student Digital Privacy Act,” which is said to be modeled after the legislation passed last year in California banning the use of K–12 student data for advertising or marketing. President Obama wants tougher rules about student data and student privacy. States are still struggling with online tests – or at least Minnesota is struggling with problems with Pearson’s TestNav website. Mississippi is withdrawing from PARCC, one of the Common Core testing consortia.

Bush, Margaret Spellings says “No Child Left Behind Works But Needs Updates.” Elsewhere in Testing Civil rights groups want a strong role for the federal government. The AFT says keep mandatory testing the NEA says ditch it. Lots of pundits are weighing in (no surprise). Secretary of Education Arne Duncan responded with a self-described “ bold vision”: that is, keep testing kids annually. According to The New York Times, the bill offers “two options: one that would retain the mandate of annual testing and one that would give states the freedom to choose between annual testing or testing once every three years.” Senator Lamar Alexander has released a draft of his bill to overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, better known by the name of its latest version: No Child Left Behind.

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