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There are those, like former U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee chair Bill Goodling, who believe testing has been overdone. “If testing is the answer to our education problems, it would have solved them a long time ago,” he once wrote.1 Others believe needed improvements in education will come only through the accountability that testing can provide. William Bennett and Rod Paige, Secretaries of Education under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, respectively, hold that a national test can “go a long way toward assuring America a more well-educated population and a bright future.”2  \nBut national testing is here to stay, and all but five states are collaborating to revolutionize how it is delivered and to ensure that it that leads to better educational outcomes.3 The 45 states include all those in New England.  \nDeeper Accountability  \nEvery few decades, it seems, an alarm is raised about our educational system. In the 1950s, the launch of the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite, the Soviet Union’s Sputnik, [suddenly made U.S. science](suddenly made U.S. science) and math  \neducation look deficient. In 1983, a report called A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform caused renewed anxiety.4 In 2010, the OECD published an International Student Assessment comparing the knowledge and skills of 15-year-oldsin participating countries.5 It ranked the United States 14th out of 34 countries for reading skills, 17th for science, and a belowaverage 25th for mathematics.6 Secretary of Education Arne Duncan reacted strongly:“This is an absolute wake-up call for America.”7 Once again, the public demanded accountability.  \nA Nation at Risk  \nA Nation at Risk led to the focus on national testing. A landmark event in U.S. educational history, it inspired reforms at all government levels for years, including the 2001 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law.  \nNCLB requires states to hold schools accountable for outcomes. They must administer yearly tests to all students in grades 3 to 8 in reading and math. Science must be tested once in elementary, middle, and high school. There are consequences for states that fail to follow the requirements and for any unimproved school receiving the  \nfederal Title I funds meant to improve the economic achievement of the disadvantaged.  \nWhen such a school fails to meet yearly progress goals for two or more consecutive years, parents may transfer their children to other schools. When it fails to meet goals for three or more consecutive years, students are eligible for state-approved supplemental educational services, including tutoring. If a Title I school fails for four consecutive years, the district must implement one or more corrective actions, such as replacing school staff, implementing anew curriculum, or appointing outside experts as advisers. Schools may demonstrate improvement through drop-out rates, goal setting, and the like, but NCLB relies heavily on the end-of-the-year test.  \nChange in the Classroom  \nEven with NCLB, there is not as much standardized testing going on in classrooms as people think. (See “Frequency of Testing.”) A federal test called the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which covers reading and math, is administered nationwide at grades 4, 8, and 12 only every two years. Offering data at the state level only, it provides a common metric.  \nIndividual states may also test in sub- in a rhetorically effective way about what during the school year, closer to when they jects such as civics, the arts, economics, they had read. They wanted them to dem- learn the material, which will allow educageography, writing, and science. States onstrate superior skills and depth of content tors to adjust instructional practices or give  \nschedule approximately two weeks annual- knowledge, not just superficial facts. ","cbCaiqFZJA303NLs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqFZJA303NLs","pdf",124855,"English","# School Testing, 1-2-3\n## Getting It Right\n## Deeper Accountability\n## A Nation at Risk\n## Change in the Classroom","[{\"question\":\"Why is there a debate about increased student testing?\",\"answer\":\"Some argue testing has been overdone and would have already solved education problems. Others believe improvements require the accountability that testing provides.\"},{\"question\":\"What accountability requirements does NCLB impose on schools and states?\",\"answer\":\"States must administer yearly reading and math tests for grades 3 to 8, with science tested at multiple levels. Consequences include corrective actions and options like parent school transfers and supplemental services for schools that miss progress goals.\"},{\"question\":\"How does classroom assessment differ from end-of-year standardized testing?\",\"answer\":\"Classroom assessment is more frequent and formative, using observation, checklists, quizzes, and writing samples to guide instruction. Summative tests tend to summarize achievement at the end of the year, and the article notes testing is evolving to be more instructional.\"}]","School Testing, 1-2-3 - Getting It Right | PDF",1791068640]