In the US, this urgency sped up with policy changes such as the 2001 " no child left behind" act, which promoted standardised testing as a way to measure educational performance and progress.

在美国，这种紧迫性随着 2001 年“不让一个孩子掉队” 法案等政策变化而加速，该法案提倡将标准化测试作为衡量教育绩效和进步的一种方式。