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feedbackRoll over a map to see what percentages of fourth and eighth graders achieved "proficient" scores on state and national tests.
High stakes testing has placed a strain on students, teachers, parents and school districts. That's why students are offered after-school preparatory classes at Robert Frost Middle School in Fairfax, Va.
Parents, students: See how well you do when trying to answer questions from a sample National Assessment of Educational Progress eighth grade math test.
A new report finds a wide gap between what students are expected to know on math and reading tests from one state to the next.
The 2002 federal No Child Left Behind law was designed to raise education standards across the country by punishing schools that fail to make all kids proficient in math and reading. But the law allows each state to chart its own course in meeting those objectives. The result, according to a Gannett News Service analysis of test scores, is that many states have taken the safe route, keeping standards low and fooling parents into believing their kids are prepared for college and work.
When it took effect in 2002, No Child Left Behind required every state to adopt an accountability system with regular testing in reading and math while leaving each state free to decide what material tests should cover, which tests to use, and how to define and measure student "proficiency."
It's time to make serious changes to the No Child Left Behind education law.
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