Proposed Reading, Math Tests To Look Like NAEP
An independent panel has at last supplied President Clinton with the blueprint for the national tests he first envisioned more than a year ago. But given the political climate in Congress, it could prove to be a moot exercise.
Charged by Congress last fall with essentially redoing the work of a group assembled by the Department of Education, the National Assessment Governing Board has done what the Clinton administration asked: designed voluntary new tests of 4th grade reading and 8th grade math that closely resemble the respected National Assessment of Educational Progress.
But the tests face heavy opposition in Congress, whose members would have to approve the exams. If they get a green light, the tests could be offered in March 2001, the...
This article is available to subscribers only.
To keep reading this article and more, subscribe now or purchase this article.
Subscribe to Education Week and Save
Get a full year and save up to 45%!
Viewed
Emailed
Recommended
Commented
- Elementary School Teacher
- Success Academy Charter Schools, New York, NY
- Superintendent
- Pinellas County Schools, Pinellas County, FL
- Middle School Language Arts Teacher
- TEAM Schools, Newark, NJ
- Principals and Headmasters
- Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA
- Chief Academic Officer
- Adams 14, Commerce City, CO
