National Tests: Administration Initiative
Description:
The Clinton Administration is encouraging states and local educational agencies
(LEAs) to administer new national tests to 4th-grade pupils in reading and 8th-grade
pupils in mathematics each year beginning in 2000. Participation in the tests would be
voluntary and would not affect a state or LEA’s eligibility for federal aid programs.
These tests would be based on existing assessments that were developed with federal
financial support. The federal government would oversee the development of th…
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Date:
June 16, 1998
Creator:
Riddle, Wayne C.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department