Dive Summary:

• Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said he would withhold federal funds if California lawmakers approved legislation to computerize standardized testing.
• The plan would suspend test scores for at least a year during a trial run, which is what drew criticism from Duncan.
• The federal government doles out $600 million a year to the Los Angeles Unified School District, and Duncan said such money could be in jeopardy if "California moves forward with a plan that fails to assess all its students, as required by federal law."

From the article:

... The education secretary isn't demanding that every eligible student have test scores during the transition from old to new tests, said spokesman Massie Ritsch. But students either need to be participating in the official field test of the new exam or to be taking tests that will result in scores. Federal law requires testing students in math and English in grades three through eight and once in high school. Students also must be tested in science at three grade levels. ...