Under Mr. Bush's bill, all states would test children annually, starting in the third grade.
To spell it out: in order to test schools, you test children.
In their studies, Dr. Clements and Dr. Sarama test children one on one and videotape the results for comparisons.
The federal law, he said, presses schools to test children who were once overlooked and there are no plans to change it.
Connecticut officials are particularly concerned about the law's provision that requires schools to test children every year from third through eighth grades.
Kelson Pediatric Partners, based in Hartford, is one of a growing number of companies engaged in the new effort to test children.
But beginning in 2005, schools must test children annually in grades 3 to 8 in reading and math, and once in high school.
His plan to test children every year in every state -- an idea objectionable to both conservatives and liberals -- remains, if somewhat watered down.
"We are saying that we want to not have to test children repeatedly in those even-numbered grades, because basically we are wasting their time," Mr. Huberty said.
Teachers argue that four is too young an age to test children because they do not have the necessary attention span.
Meanwhile, a row broke out yesterday over plans to use non-words to test children on in the Government's proposed new reading test for six-year-olds.
