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Download full textZavitkovsky, Paul – Center for Urban Education Leadership, 2022
After the passage of "No Child Left Behind," and especially after Obama-era Race to the Top initiatives, rising accountability for improved achievement and widespread dissatisfaction with the instructional value of statewide test reports led many school districts to purchase computer-adaptive "interim" testing systems. A common…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Outsourcing, Outcomes of Education, Equal Education
Schifter, Catherine C.; Carey, Martha – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation spawned a plethora of standardized testing services for all the high stakes testing required by the law. We argue that one-size-fits all assessments disadvantage students who are English Language Learners, in the USA, as well as students with limited economic resources, special needs, and not reading on…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Models, Evaluation Methods, Educational Legislation
Direct linkMaziarz, Amy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
No Child Left Behind (NCLB, 2001) included a broad spectrum of changes to the federal role in public education, including accountability provisions that mandated states to test all students. In an atmosphere of educational reform and federally mandated high-stakes testing, demands have increased for progress monitoring strategies that reliably…
Descriptors: Evidence, Middle Schools, Federal Legislation, State Standards
