Breaking the trend line is never popular among followers of NAEP who want to be able to compare test scores over extended periods. But this potential disruption in the trend would come at an especially inopportune time. Educators and policymakers are attempting to gauge student progress in reading under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which President Bush signed into law in 2002, and NAEP offers perhaps the most objective means of making that determination. All states must participate in NAEP reading at the 4th and 8th grade level to receive federal Title I funds.
The No Child Left Behind law “is a strong factor. It argues for not breaking the trend,” said John Q. Easton, a governing board member. “It’s a bad time to start all over again.”
Read the rest of the story here: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/05/31/39nagb.html
June 1, 2007
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