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Comment cartoon.

Adam Zyglis

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His cartoons are internationally syndicated

by Cagle Cartoons.

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No Child Left Behind Testing

Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com

and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc,

which distributes editorial cartoons and columns

to over 850 newspapers.

Cagle

20 July 2013

Daryl Cagle

12 April 2007

testing

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/24/
451456267/obama-wants-students-to-stop-taking-unnecessary-tests

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/05/04/
is-testing-students-the-answer-to-americas-education-woes

http://static.politico.com/75/b0/06b7c0bd4113b48d4da773d9af14/
education-department-assessment-fact-sheet.pdf

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/05/04/
is-testing-students-the-answer-to-americas-education-woes

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/
opinion/in-defense-of-annual-school-testing.html

annual school testing

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/
opinion/in-defense-of-annual-school-testing.html

standardized testing

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/21/
education/teachers-unions-reasserting-themselves-
with-push-against-standardized-testing.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/
education/atlanta-cheating-scandal-reignites-testing-debate.html

test scores

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/
opinion/how-common-core-can-help-in-the-battle-of-skills-vs-knowledge.html

SAT

The SAT is a standardized test

widely used for college admissions

in the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/19/
958329475/sat-discontinues-subject-tests-and-optional-essay

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/01/
825304555/colleges-go-test-optional-after-sat-act-are-called-off

College Board’s revised SAT / new SAT 2015-2016

college entrance exam

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/07/us/
new-sat-quiz.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/01/22/
463635963/a-history-of-the-sat-in-four-questions

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/
education/edlife/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-sat.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/
opinion/the-big-problem-with-the-new-sat.html

SAT Reasoning Test

(formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) SAT

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/
sat-college-admission-test

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/
opinion/end-the-sat-discuss-cite-evidence.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/
education/major-changes-in-sat-announced-by-college-board.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/
magazine/the-story-behind-the-sat-overhaul.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/
opinion/save-us-from-the-sat.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/
opinion/elite-colleges-are-as-foreign-as-mars.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/
education/claremont-mckenna-college-says-it-exaggerated-sat-figures.html

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/12/04/
why-should-sats-matter/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/
opinion/how-to-stop-the-drop-in-verbal-scores.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/
education/15sat.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/
opinion/18salins.html

http://www.fwps.org/cur/assess/sat/

http://www.studentmarket.com/studentmarket/aboutsat.html

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-08-29-
sat-questions_x.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/
education/15SAT.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/
opinion/18salins.html

on the SAT

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/
education/edlife/lifting-the-veil-on-the-holistic-process-
at-the-university-of-california-berkeley.html

College Board > SAT test for college admission >

Writing / Written assessment

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/10/
can-writing-on-a-college-entrance-exam-be-properly-assessed

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/10/
can-writing-on-a-college-entrance-exam-be-properly-assessed/
writing-is-lost-in-computerized-algorithms

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/10/
can-writing-on-a-college-entrance-exam-be-properly-assessed/
we-dont-assess-students-writing-because-it-takes-time

take the SAT

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/
education/edlife/when-to-take-the-sat.html

assess

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/10/
can-writing-on-a-college-entrance-exam-be-properly-assessed/
we-dont-assess-students-writing-because-it-takes-time

SAT II

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/
opinion/elite-colleges-are-as-foreign-as-mars.html

ACT

The ACT

originally an abbreviation of American College Testing

is a standardized test used

for college admissions in the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT_(test)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
ACT_(test)

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/19/
nx-s1-5045587/act-exam-test-science-optional

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/12/
1128376442/act-test-scores-pandemic

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/01/
825304555/colleges-go-test-optional-after-sat-act-are-called-off

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/
opinion/elite-colleges-are-as-foreign-as-mars.html

Asvab

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/
opinion/elite-colleges-are-as-foreign-as-mars.html

Advanced Placement AP

AP exams.

Created by

the nonprofit College Board in the 1950s,

AP is to other high school courses

what Whole Foods is to other supermarkets:

a mark of the aspirational,

a promise of higher standards and,

occasionally, a more expensive alternative.

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/05/01/
525073237/four-things-we-dont-know-about-ap-tests

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/11/
852907213/ap-tests-begin-online-and-at-home-but-not-for-everyone

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/05/01/
525073237/four-things-we-dont-know-about-ap-tests

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