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Most Americans say that statewide tests are useful for evaluating school
and student performance
Scores on statewide tests are helpful for parents to keep up with how their
children are doing
- 39% Strongly Agree
- 39% Somewhat Agree
- 14% Somewhat Disagree
- 7% Disagree
Scores are very useful for parents and the community to evaluate how well their
schools are performing
- 40% Strongly Agree
- 43% Somewhat Agree
- 11% Somewhat Disagree
- 5% Disagree
Scores on statewide tests are very useful for schools to evaluate how well
their students are performing
- 42% Strongly Agree
- 43% Somewhat Agree
- 8% Somewhat Disagree
- 5% Disagree
Source: Belden Russonello & Stewart/BRT 07/00
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Official U.S. Department of Education web site.