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Popham, W. James – Center on Education Policy, 2008
Recognizing the potential of accountability tests to alter classroom instruction, an overview is provided of the federal government's past influence on educational assessments. The past 50 years has witnessed the function of federally engendered educational assessments shift from monitoring the use of federal funds for programs prescribed for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Assessment, Federal Regulation