When he tested students with no warning, scores were higher.

And teachers may be uncomfortable with programs that emphasize independent work; it is difficult, after all, to test students who have learned different things.

By 2007, they must test students in science as well.

This propelled the counseling movement in schools by providing ways to test students and meet their needs.

But school district officials say they cannot afford to test students for drugs.

What the Kansas board actually did was remove evolution from the list of subjects on which the state will test students.

He also said Congress might increase education spending under the new law that requires states to test students regularly in reading and mathematics.

But as a practical matter, they said, it would probably make more sense to test students not involved in sports.

From 1999 to 2003, the exam tested students on their knowledge of C++ instead.

Overall, reading scores have gone up, in part because schools last year were not required to test students with limited English.