Re: Connecticut Says NCLB Underfunds Even Minimal Test Quality

[Peter Campbell <campbellp@mail.montclair.edu>]

On Mar 1, 2006, at 7:11 AM, Bob Schaeffer wrote:

> The state contends that the federal government is going back on its
> promise to pay for additional student testing required under the act,
> but U.S. officials argue that Connecticut's tests are simply more
> expensive than necessary.
>
> The U.S. Department of Education has suggested that Connecticut
> streamline its test and offer a less expensive version that would
> include only multiple-choice questions, but Blumenthal said even a
> simpler test would cost about $4 million more than what the federal
> government provides.

I'm quite confident that making the tests cheaper and dumber will close 
the educational achievement gap in Connecticut. No doubt about it.