In total, states spend over $400 million a year to test students. The new federal education bill mandates annual testing of every student in grades 3 through 8. States are concerned about the costs of compliance and how testing should be used to improve schools.
See a complete list of how much each state spent on testing in 2001 www.nhpr.org/static/programs/nhtoday/focus_point/schools/testing_spendin...
