"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Two Omnibus Bills and a Partridge in a Pear Tree?: Final Vote on Education Appropriations Bill Could Come Before Christmas; (2) Making a List and Checking It Twice: Data Quality Campaign Issues Annual Progress Report on State Data Systems; (3) "The Promise of Proficiency": New Report Focuses on Need for Additional Data in "Year 13," the First Year After High School; and (4) "No Reader Left Behind": New Report Finds 1.4 Percent of National News Coverage Dealt with Education. (Contains 1 footnote.)