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Direct linkOlson, Lynn – Education Week, 2005
Twenty-three states are expanding their testing programs to additional grades this school year to comply with the federal No Child Left Behind Act. In devising the new tests, most states have defied predictions and chosen to go beyond multiple-choice items, by including questions that ask students to construct their own responses. But many state…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Measurement, Multiple Choice Tests
