Sentences with phrase «proposed voluntary tests»

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Beyond the political turmoil buffeting President Clinton's plan for new voluntary national tests for students, experts are raising concerns about the proposed exams» value as assessments.

The contractor that had agreed last year to write President Clinton's proposed voluntary national tests for students is still up for the challenge, even after an independent board revamped the contract.

When Bill Clinton proposed voluntary national testing in 1997, he drew opposition from both ends of the political spectrum, including the Eagle Forum, the Christian Coalition, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the National Education Association.

In his State of the Union Address, President Clinton proposed a voluntary, national reading test at grade 4 and a math test at grade 8.

Nearly 20 years ago, after the Clinton administration proposed a program of voluntary national student testing, Chester Finn, then a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute, warned that if it failed it would be because «liberals hate the word «testing» and conservatives hate the word «national.

She has been involved in drafting the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading tests and is currently serving as an adviser for President Clinton's proposed voluntary national reading test.