Responding to the Opt-Out Movement NCLB ESSA CBAL

Author(s):

Sandberg, Hans

Publication Year:

2017

Source:

Focus on ETS R&D, n4, Jan 2017

Document Type:

Periodical

Page Count:

7

Subject/Key Words:

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Education Reform, State Assessment, Policymakers, Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning (CBAL), Opt Out

Abstract

How should policymakers and assessment organizations respond to the protests against state-mandated assessments? "We need to help policymakers understand that the sanctions-and-rewards approach to education reform promoted by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) resulted in uses of tests that often were highly problematic. Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), policymakers have an opportunity to reorient assessment toward supporting teaching and learning more directly," said Randy E. Bennett in an interview for Focus on ETS R&D. Bennett holds the Norman O. Frederiksen Chair in Assessment Innovation in ETS's R&D division.