Goals Panel To Survey State Assessments, Ask For More NAEP Data

By Millicent Lawton

Washington

As part of its efforts to track progress toward the eight national education goals, the National Education Goals Panel is compiling a survey of what each state is doing to measure the academic achievement of its students.

The progress report, possibly the first-ever inventory of statewide academic assessments, will include some test results, said Ken Nelson, the executive director of the panel, an 18-member, bipartisan group of governors and other state and federal...