Testing from a legislative perspective / Wilhelmina Delco -- TASP : an opportunity to regain opportunities lost / William Sanford -- Preventing test bias in the Texas Academic Skills Program / Joan M. Matthews -- Balancing state initiative and campus participation in Texas / Joan M. Matthews and Richard T. Alpert -- The assessment movement : improving quality or limiting access for minority students? / Manuel J. Justiz and Marilyn C. Kameen -- New conceptions of reading for basic skills assessment / Timothy Shanahan -- Using assessment to improve instruction : the New Jersey Algebra Project / Charles Pine -- Measuring writing skills using the process model / Edward White -- The role of basic academic skills development in the reform of education / Theodore J. Marchese