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Experts Hope Federal Funds Lead to Better Tests

No matter where teachers, state officials, and testing experts stand on the debate about school accountability, they generally agree that the United States’ current multiple-choice-dominated K-12 tests are, to use language borrowed from the No Child Left Behind Act, in need of improvement.

Now, federal officials are signaling that they expect the caliber of testing to change.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently announced that he will set aside $350 million of the $4.35 billion in discretionary aid in the Race to the Top Fund ...