Testing: Don't Blame NCLB For IL Testing Hijinks
For years the Illinois tests (ISAT and PSAE) just seem to have been getting easier and easier. Fewer questions, lower cut scores, etc. It seemed that had come to and end but the Tribune finds that it keeps on happening -- and the state is claiming that it's just a statistical equating process (New ISAT lets kids pass with more wrong answers). Others disagree: "It absolutely
