Cost of Test Proposal Up to $10 Million in First Year

Washington

The estimated price tag on the Clinton administration's new voluntary national tests has grown to $10 million for the first year, according to the Department of Education.

As recently as one month ago, department officials were saying the budget for this year, the project's first, was $7 million. But in a March 19 letter from Marshall S. Smith, the acting deputy secretary, to congressional Republicans, he...