States Rushing to Join Assessment Consortia

Autor/in	Sawchuk, Stephen
Titel	States Rushing to Join Assessment Consortia
Quelle	In: Education Week, 29 (2010) 20, S.1 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Consortia; Evaluation; Federal Legislation; Public Agencies; Federal Government; Education; Accountability; Partnerships in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vereinigung; Evaluierung; Bundesrecht; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Bundesregierung; Bildung; Erziehung; Verantwortung; Hochschulpartnerschaft
Abstract	Spurred by the promise of $350 million in Race to the Top money for improved tests--as well as an opportunity to strengthen bids for part of the federal fund's larger $4 billion pot--states are scrambling to join consortia to develop common assessments. Six state consortia are now engaged in discussions about common tests, and the multiple partnerships may put to rest for now speculation that federal support inevitably will lead to a single national set of exams. Since it is not yet clear what the U.S. Department of Education expects to see from the consortia, most states have hedged their bets by signing up for more than one partnership. In fact, there are signs that several of the consortia might try to merge even before March, when the Department of Education is expected to release its application notice for the $350 million in assessment funding, which is being provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (ERIC).
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