Until more reform happens, high - stakes assessments and the sheer numbers of tests students are expected to take will continue to be issues of prominent debate in the education world. (edudemic.com)
As a result, NAEP never collected in its long - term trend assessment a representative sample of students for any specific state, and the median number of tested students in each state was very small. (educationnext.org)
I suspect the pilot may get more attention for reducing the number of tests students take and for spreading them out over the school year, so that students are assessed immediately following a unit's completion, leading to a cumulative score. (educationnext.org)