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[quote=Anonymous]Are there any other dinosaurs who remember the California Achievement Test (CAT) and/or the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS). My state (neither CA nor IA) used both (I think they alternated years). They were well respected, everyone knew what to expect, and they weren’t produced by the entities they were measuring. I’ve lost track of how many standardized tests MD has had since NCLB, but when each state is in charge of developing a test to assess the status of education in that state there are 2 problems: 1. The states don’t have the expertise, money, or the time to really do the task right. 2. They aren’t impartial. They have a vested interest in obtaining favorable results. I think administering standardized tests to assess the actual level of our students is a good idea. I think MD should therefore stop this endless game of developing “better” tests and go back to tests that reliably assessed the actual level of students for decades. [/quote]
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