As Part of Assessment Redesign, NAEP Proposes 14-Year Calendar

By Millicent Lawton

Washington

The board that sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress has, for the first time, eased the uncertainty about what NAEP tests will be given to the nation's schoolchildren--and when--by adopting a tentative long-term schedule.

The 14-year calendar fulfills part of the National Assessment Governing Board's recent pledge to redesign the national assessment and should allay the frustration that some local and state educators have felt because they could not plan...

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