?Until we start seeing assessments that ask kids to write research papers, ask them to solve unfamiliar problems, ask them to defend their ideas, ask them to engage with both fiction and nonfiction texts; until those kinds of assessments are our state assessments, all we're measuring are basic skills.'' *
Shael Polakow-Suransky, Chief Accountability Officer, New York City Department of Education
?New Schools No. 2 Wants More and Better Testing,? New York Times
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The current cap on charter schools in North Carolina, which the state legislature may finally lift in 2011.
?GOP majority wants to end N.C. charter school cap,? WRAL.com