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This R&D provides resources on standardized testing in America’s schools.  As a result of the school accountability movement, testing requirements in the nation’s schools have risen in recent decades.  A recent report by the Council of the Great City Schools says that that the testing load for students in urban districts is too much and that there is a lack of coordination between exams.  The Obama administration says that it will work to encourage states to reduce the testing load among all American students to constitute less than 2% of classroom time and make the tests fairer for students of different backgrounds.