This ERIC Digest discusses implications derived from the final report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, "A Nation at Risk." The first implication is a motivational one for measurement specialists: it is an ego-booster. The report is replete with results yielded from various testing programs, the fruit of the measurement specialist's work. A second implication is that the measurement community will deal effectively with the myriad of typical testing problems, such as validity, reliability, and norms. A third implication consists of a host of highly specific matters which measurement specialists must anticipate. Some of these include an upsurge in standardized testing at the high school level and a resurgence of interest in standardized tests in content areas. The report also contains a curiously worded call for a nation-wide (but not federal) system of state and local standardized tests. The commission seems content to rely on existing mechanisms for the creation and distribution of both tests and textbooks, while concentrating on recommendations for improvement of their quality and use. (LMO)