Focus (Forum & Focus)
Nov. 8, 2007
As Congress Considers Education Reform, What Role Should Testing Play?
Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - With the No Child Left Behind act up for reauthorization, lawmakers pursuing effective reform for the nation's schools should begin thinking beyond standardized exams.
By Areva D. Martin
When President Bush signed the landmark No Child Left Behind Act five years ago, it was heralded as the most progressive education reform in decades. The president confidently boasted that the sweeping act would put U.S. schools "on a new path of reform, and a new path of results." As Congress works toward reauthorization of the act - which does not authorize spending for its programs beyond the...
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