New Mexico on track to meet federal education mandates

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is moving ahead with plans to keep setting high expectations for students and public schools as it works to meet federal mandates aimed at resetting the outdated and widely criticized No Child Left Behind education law. The state on Tuesday made public its plan for implementing the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act, a law signed by former President Barack Obama that addresses school ratings, student report cards and other ways to spot and help troubled schools. State Education Secretary Hanna Skandera says New Mexico is one of about 15 states that were ready to submit plans to the federal government this month. She says the state is among the leaders since many of the accountability measures in the federal law were put in place by New Mexico several years ago.