A Test of Standardized Tests
posted by Josh Goodman
That would be a Department of Education study, which reveals (or at least seems to reveal) which states are dumbing down their standardized tests under No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
The report presents the percentages of students meeting proficiency standards on their NCLB tests (which states design) compared to the percentage who are proficient on "the Nation's Report Card" -- the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The subtext: If students in a state are scoring much higher on the NCLB tests than they are on NAEP, then that probably means the NCLB tests are too easy.
The federal report looks at scores for fourth grade reading, fourth grade math, eighth grade reading and eighth grade math. To make the data more digestible, I've averaged all these scores and then found the difference between the NCLB average and the NAEP average.
Full story here: http://governing.typepad.com/13thfloor/2007/06/a_test_of_stand.html
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