We already have a nationally normed achievement test available for elementary school, and it's been used at least 45 years when I was in elementary. It's the ITBS.
I know. I was just wondering what was meant by testing "early and often". And does *more* testing equate with a better educated populace or is it simply - more testing?
ETA: Austin had put the word "testing" in quotes. I figured it might not necessarily be *traditional fill-in-the-blank-or-bubble ITBS, SAT, etc. type tests, but wasn't certain, so I asked what was envisioned.
