Several steps were taken to reduce the likelihood of such an effect. For example, at the encouragement of social studies and other area teachers, a small, but reasonable amount of state testing was added in such subjects as history and writing to help assure balance.
Now, in Texas and certain other states, anti-accountability forces are pressing to end all testing that is not required by federal law, that is, all but reading and math.
Do these advocates understand that such a move will re-create the pressure to "narrow the curriculum" that so worried their predecessors?