Standards-based assessment is the logical extension of using standards in the schools yet educators have been forced to implement new thinking with outdated tools and methods. If nationalized standards are to be implemented across the classrooms in the country, then there needs to be a nationalized assessment tool. The standardized tests are only a small part of the program and should not be referenced as the ultimate form of measurement. Every student should know the material, not only on the annual day of testing, but as measured through consistent assessment throughout the year.

“A criterion is set up for standards of what every student or child is expected to know” (CERC, 2008). If these criterion of standards are truly an accurate measurement of intelligence, then teachers must be given the resources to map their curriculum online and be able constantly to monitor their students’ progression in an effort to ensure the student’s success. Many schools still do not have computerized report cards let alone internet based curriculum mapping though there are many who implement these tools and do so quite well. Some districts may use the excuse that nationalized curriculum mapping tool will not meet the needs of the district. “Some of the best assessment programs are easily adaptable to local curriculum” (Doe, 2008). As the nature of technology is adaptability, there should be no legitimate reason as to why a curriculum in any school district can not be mapped online.  

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