Key Governors Want NAEP Given More Often

By David J. Hoff

While policymakers debate whether the nation’s "report card" should be a piece of the federal accountability puzzle, some governors are pushing for more frequent administration of the exams.

In addition, the National Education Goals Panel voted at its recent quarterly meeting here to form a task force that would investigate ways to prod federal agencies, which provide most of the data for the panel’s annual report, to collect the information more often.

"I would love to have that national checkup" in major subjects every other year, North Carolina Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. said at the Feb. 26...