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NCLB Testing Said to Give 'Illusions of Progress'

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 213, Clicks: 2) View Story

Harvard University researcher Daniel M. Koretz writes -- "for reasons that are politically better but academically worse, rampantly inflated standardized test scores are giving the misbegotten impression that, as in the fictional town made famous by radio personality Garrison Keillor, all children are above average."

1 comments | Tags: daniel m. koretz national assessment reauthorization of the esea no child left behind law accountability | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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#1 by PiGuy posted ago

+0 apples

Williamson M. Evers, the U.S. Department of Education’s assistant secretary for planning, evaluation, and policy development, suggested that any changes to the NCLB law should preserve its essence. “Some are proposing changes in accountability that remove consequences; this would make it accountability in name only,” Mr. Evers said in an e-mail. “Results should be comparable statewide, or parents, taxpayers, and teachers themselves can't tell how students are doing.”

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