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Testing In Today's Education: Meeting Standards Or Falling Short?, Paige E. Mangione
Testing In Today's Education: Meeting Standards Or Falling Short?, Paige E. Mangione
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“It’s time for the test,” is something that students throughout the nation hear quite often in school. Whether it’s a test for the classroom, the school, the district, or the whole nation, our students are frequently being tested on the information they’re learning. Since the No Child Left Behind Act was initiated in 2002, it has been a requirement that schools across the nation test their students in reading and math during grades 3-8 and high school. Each state was required to establish its own academic standards as well as a state testing system that met federal requirements. By the …