How many testing scandals do we need as a wake-up call? - 1 views

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  #1 Bonnie Sutton on 07 Aug 11

   

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-many-testing-scandals-do-we-need-as-a-wake-up-call/2011/08/07/gIQAIvfZ0I_blog.html
  
  By Valerie Strauss
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  This was written by Lisa Guisbond, a policy analyst for the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, or FairTest, a nonprofit organization that aims to improve standardized testing practices and evaluations of students, teachers and schools.
  
  By Lisa Guisbond
  
  It is not surprising that the recent Atlanta school cheating scandal earned so much attention. Its massive scope and details of corruption, including pizza parties for erasing students' incorrect answers, shocked the nation.
  
  Focusing solely on Atlanta, or even other recent cheating cases around the nation, including our nation's capital, is a mistake. These are not isolated incidents. Rather, they are episodes in a series of unfortunate events spawned by the nation's government-mandated testing obsession. Considered in light of a recent National Research Council (NRC) report confirming other negative impacts of high-stakes testing, they should be a giant wake-up call for policymakers.
  
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  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-many-testing-scandals-do-we-need-as-a-wake-up-call/2011/08/07/gIQAIvfZ0I_blog.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-many-testing-scandals-do-we-need-as-a-wake-up-call/2011/08/07/gIQAIvfZ0I_blog.html</a> <br /> <br /> By Valerie Strauss <br /> -- <br /> <br /> This was written by Lisa Guisbond, a policy analyst for the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, or FairTest, a nonprofit organization that aims to improve standardized testing practices and evaluations of students, teachers and schools. <br /> <br /> By Lisa Guisbond <br /> <br /> It is not surprising that the recent Atlanta school cheating scandal earned so much attention. Its massive scope and details of corruption, including pizza parties for erasing students' incorrect answers, shocked the nation. <br /> <br /> Focusing solely on Atlanta, or even other recent cheating cases around the nation, including our nation's capital, is a mistake. These are not isolated incidents. Rather, they are episodes in a series of unfortunate events spawned by the nation's government-mandated testing obsession. Considered in light of a recent National Research Council (NRC) report confirming other negative impacts of high-stakes testing, they should be a giant wake-up call for policymakers. <br /> <br /> Continue reading this post »</div>

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