MO HCR51

Requests Missouri's Congressional delegation to oppose reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2009

Criticizes NCLB for overemphasizing standardized testing as the sole measure of student achievement and narrowing curriculum by reducing time spent on arts, social studies, and humanities

Objects to NCLB's Adequate Yearly Progress system for failing to acknowledge individual student growth and instead measuring whether subgroups reach specific test score benchmarks

Argues the federal government has underfunded NCLB by over $40 billion from authorized amounts since 2002 and violated state rights under the Tenth Amendment by imposing education requirements

Affirms Missouri would be better served by returning to the Missouri School Improvement Program and fully funding public education through the state's constitutional obligation