ERIC Number: ED490786
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov-30
Pages: 12
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Portability of State Assessments in a Geographically Mobile Society
Wood, David L.
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Most states do not offer reciprocity for other state assessment tests. That practice has an adverse effect on school-aged, dependent children of military service members. President Clinton's 1997 solution was a national standardized assessment test for public school students. Critics stated it would cost $96,000,000 to deliver the test. Florida spends 1/4 of that annually on development and delivery of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. National Standardized Basic Skills Web-base testing is a viable alternative. Technology exists to deliver a cost efficient, national assessment test via the internet with portable results. There are numerous difficulties associated with state assessment test results portability faced by transferring students between states coupled with a lack of states' failure to grant reciprocity for test results.
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
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