The NECAP Scores Are In

The long-awaited NECAP scores are in.

If you don't have a child in school or aren't an educator, NECAP stands for the New England Common Assessment Program.

It's a standardized test that's designed to help track a student's progress through his or her public school career.

Such testing is required by the Federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Under the law, pupils in grades three through eight are tested each fall in reading and math.

Fifth- and eighth-graders are also tested in writing.

New Hamphire's Education Commissioner Lyonel Tracy described the state's scores to NHPR's Mark Bevis.