To Maintain Trends, NAEP Scales Back Math-Test Changes
WASHINGTON--Citing the need to be able to track student performance over time, the National Assessment Governing Board has adopted a scaled-back version of a proposed revision of its mathematics assessment.
The changes, which are expected to guide the development of the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress, are aimed at bringing the math test more in line with standards for instruction in the field developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
The original version of the proposal called, among other changes, for increasing the number of open-ended questions and placing a greater emphasis on...
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