Kill the Messenger: The War on Standardized Testing - Richard P. Phelps - Google Books

https://books.google.de/books?id=05VjFXLxH-IC&pg=PA172#v=onepage

In response to public demand, federal legislation now requires testing of most students in the United States in reading and mathematics in grades three through eight. Many educators, parents, and policymakers who have paid little attention to testing…