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Carnevale, Anthony P.; Kimmel, Ernest W. – 1997
President Clinton, like President Bush before him, has challenged the nation's schools to participate in a rigorous national test of each student's reading skills at grade 4 and mathematics skills at grade 8. Tests would be voluntary and administered by private testing companies. They would allow parents to judge the adequacy of their child's…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 8