"The assessment system has not been changed since 1973," he said.

That year, the assessment system was eliminated in budget cuts.

He plans to also reduce the $150 million in annual waste caused by the County's assessment system.

That would go a long way to bringing equity to the assessment system.

This structure is the foundation on which the national assessment system rests.

The development and transition to this new assessment system will take several years.

There is no set date for the beginning of the new assessment system, but the 2013-2014 school year has been targeted.

To establish a local and state assessment system to monitor progress.

The virtues of reform in the assessment system could be far reaching.

Changes were also made in the state's assessment system.