Although overall scores on national standardized tests have been among the fastest - rising in the nation, there are still stark achievement gaps separating white and black students and the wealthy and poor. (washingtonpost.com)
Several new research projects demonstrate how information technology can both deepen and broaden assessment practices in elementary and secondary education by both assessing more comprehensively and assessing new skills and concepts — all of which can strengthen state assessments, national standardized tests like the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and classroom - based tests meant to help teachers improve their instruction. (ascd.org)
The Department of Education's continued emphasis on comparing students across state lines is clearly aimed at implementing a scheme of national standardized testing controlled, at least in a de facto fashion, by the federal government. (hslda.org)