Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:

To our dismay, your recent article "NAEP Scales Back Math-Test Changes'' (March 18, 1992) fails to reflect the many, very substantial changes in the mathematics assessment that were approved by the National Assessment Governing Board at its March meeting.

As the article notes, the board was concerned that the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress have enough similarity to the 1990 and 1992 NAEP math exams that changes in performance could properly be reported. However, within this limitation the N.A.G.B. did approve nearly all of the major recommendations developed by the College Board to bring NAEP closer to the curriculum standards of the National Council...