Proposes a system of achievement testing for all U.S. students rather than just those who are college bound. Criticizes present achievement testing as a patchwork system that fails to provide parents with information about how much their children are learning in comparison to others. Provides a sampling of national achievement test questions from…

A national survey of teachers' needs with respect to children with learning difficulties being taught in Welsh indicated that teachers gave first priority to the development of a reading program, using graded reading books. Values of reality and stability were preferred in language materials, and a Welsh comprehension test was the instrument of…

Reports on recent changes in examination policy and practice in China, England and Wales, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Japan, Sweden, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Identifies and discusses some significant trade-offs arising from the implementation of examination policy. Discusses four nearly universal dilemmas of…