"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) Congress Punts Education Funding Decision to 2009: Education and Other Domestic Priorities Frozen While Defense and Homeland Security Receive Large Increases; (2) "Diploma to Nowhere": Report Pegs College Remediation Cost in Excess of $2 Billion Annually; and (3) SAT, ACT, IB, AND AP: New Commission Report Studies Use of Standardized Tests in College Admission.