Secondly, I worry about assessment. This experiment by two consortia has produced, from what I can see, better assessments than what states have used before. There is every reason to believe the first full-scale field administration of the tests will be successful. At the same time I see a number of states pulling back because they want a cheap test, but you canโt have high quality on the cheap. Some states seem to think that they can produce high quality tests on their own, but I donโt think any state has the capacity to do that. And, with respect to the tests being produced by the two state consortia, I worry about the statesโ capacity to keep the two consortia going over the long haul. We may need to explore new forms of public-private partnerships to sustain and continuously update these new tests.