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Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Five U.S. Senators have sponsored legislation to somewhat reduce testing burdens required by the new federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The proposal would allow states and districts that are significantly closing test scores gaps or making faster than required overall progress to apply for a waiver from the […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing by Stephen Krashen, Professor Emeritus, University of Southern California. Published in February 2002 Substance (5132 W. Berteau Ave., Chicago, IL 60641; csubstance@aol.com) and reprinted with permission. Two critical responses exposing flaws in a report by Education Trust that claims to have found thousands of schools across the U.S. which serve […]

Education Reform in Massachusetts began with high hopes. As educators, parents, and citizens, we believe those hopes have been eroded by the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests. These tests have disrupted our classrooms and schools and diverted valuable resources away from efforts that put decision making more appropriately in the hands of local communities, […]

by Monty Neill Cover Story from the American School Board Journal, February 2003 As most of us know by now, the No Child Left Behind Act — the 2001 reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act — mandates a massive increase in state assessments, which mostly means standardized tests. We also know that […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing A number of independent researchers agree that the great majority of schools in the United States will end up labeled “in need of improvement” (INOI) under the provisions of the new federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), known as “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB). NCLB requires every state to […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Nearly ten percent of the nation’s schools – 8652 of some 91,000 – already face the first level of sanctions under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). According to a July 1 press release from the U.S. Department of Education (DoE), the schools failed to make sufficient progress […]

Summary: Both houses of Congress have included requirements in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which includes Title I remedial education, to test all students annually in grades 3-8 in reading and math, even though only 15 states now have all that testing. It also requires states to use the results […]

The key testing and accountability provisions of the new, 1000-plus page Elementary and Secondary Education Act (“No Child Left Behind Act”) are in Title I, the part of the Act historically intended to improve education for “disadvantaged” children. Each state is required to have content and performance standards in both reading and math, with assessments […]

Essential test-related elements of Bush plan: The proposals will be part of the reauthorization of ESEA (which includes Title I). States required to test all students in grades 3-8 in reading and math to measure students and schools, with reporting on progress for “disadvantaged” as well as all students. Sanctions for failure to improve include […]

After six years, there is overwhelming evidence that the deeply flawed “No Child Left Behind” law (NCLB) is doing more harm than good in our nation’s public schools. NCLB’s test-and-punish approach to school reform relies on limited, one-size-fits-all tools that reduce education to little more than test prep. It produces unfair decisions and requires unproven, […]