NCLB also requires the periodic administration of tests in selected subjects to a representative sample of students in 4th and 8th grade as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the nation's report card, which is administered under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Education. (educationnext.org)
Yet when the panel's two psychometricians asked themselves the key question - Are the scores from standard and nonstandard administrations of the test comparable? (educationnext.org)
But it's not just Houston; 2013 Broad finalist San Diego and previous winners Miami, New York City, and Boston all saw zero statistically significant gains since the last administration of the test. (educationnext.org)