Why Annual State Testing Matters

ERS Executive Director Karen Hawley Miles explains why we should keep annual statewide testing in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondard Education Act (ESEA).

This Commentary was originally published to Education Week online on February 17, and was published in print on February 18.

Read the online version of the article here.

A few statements from other organizations in favor of annual statewide testing:

• PIE Network, Suzanne Tacheny Kubach: Leading Advocates Agree: Annual Testing Matters (A round-up of statements from Stand for Children, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Bellwether Education Partners, EdTrust, TNTP, NAPCS)
• CRPE, Betheny Gross: Let's Not Poke Our Own Eyes Out
• Bellwether Education Partners, Chad Aldeman: In Defense of Annual School Testing