Bridging Differences: Treasuring Stubborn Interest

This is the only NAEP mention in this post...

It's not any harder to figure out how NAEP scores compare to international scores—and they suggest different conclusions about what it means to be proficient. The National Academy of Education, the Center for Research on Evaluation, and the Government Accountability Office all have criticized the NAEP benchmarks for just this reason. (I'd also want to know what the test "covers" et al before deciding how seriously to take the results.)

Full post here: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/2007/05/what_if.html