A new report out today suggests the law should allow new forms of assessing students, too.
The report from a Delaware-based group says that NCLB should let states use computer-adaptive tests instead of grade-level tests, which are usually given with pencil and paper.
Grade-level tests, the groups says, are unable to measure progress of students who start the year either far below or far above grade level. Students at the lower end of the spectrum are going to fail a 4th grade test, even if their academic standing improves from 1st grade level to 3rd grade level. Similarly, high-achieving 4th graders will ace their tests, even if their achievement level didn't increase during the year.
Full post: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/NCLB-ActII/2007/10/the_next_version_to_nclb.html
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