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Direct linkBarlow, Dudley – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
The No Child Left Behind Act requires the states to test their students every year to determine how many of them have achieved proficiency in, among other areas, math, science, and reading. The law also requires that the states participate yearly in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which calls itself "the Nation's…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Intellectual Disciplines, National Competency Tests
