12/28/2002
More tests, more drop-outs, no progress
The NY Times ran a piece about a study that questions the effects of tests like the FCATS. As any parent can tell you, high-stakes testing creates more drop-outs and even when the state test scores improve (because everything is geared narrowly to teaching to the tests) the results of other, more valid tests -- SATs and whatnot -- stay flat.
Here's a press release about the findings in MS Word format. And Here's the report in a big pdf file.
Here's a press release about the findings in MS Word format. And Here's the report in a big pdf file.
