The Choice Channel

“The No Child Left Behind law has set a 2014 deadline for states to make public school students proficient in math and reading, but each state decides how to meet that goal. Some states have adopted strategies that disguise how far students still are from achieving proficiency, as measured by the one federal test administered in all 50 states. Q: How do test scores reflect a state’s commitment to raising academic standards? A: All fourth- and eighth-graders in each state take that state’s math and reading tests. In addition, some students in each state take the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as ‘the nation’s report card.’” (06/06/07)