NCLB Transfer Mandates Killing Performance and Diversity in Portand

I wrote an opinion piece for NSBA Newsletter on this topic back in September, citing examples from Portand that now part of the focus of year-long audit on Portland school transfers:

Portland Public Schools' well-used student transfer system has reduced school diversity, weakened neighborhood schools and might decrease student achievement, the county and city auditors' offices say in an audit to be released today.

The rest of the story here.