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The Downside of Standardized Testing: Impacts on Curriculum, Teachers, and Students

Explore the negative effects of standardized testing on education, teachers, and students. Learn about the shrinking curriculum, teacher stress, and the misconception that higher test scores lead to more learning. Discover how at-risk students are placed at greater risk and why graduation rates may decrease. Dive into the history of educational acts like ESEA and No Child Left Behind, and understand the tug-of-war between federal and state control over testing policies. Find out why states should play a more prominent role in shaping educational assessment strategies.

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The Downside of Standardized Testing: Impacts on Curriculum, Teachers, and Students

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  1. Trouble with Testing Jillian Wong Paula Francis

  2. Problems • Standardized Testing Shrinks the Curriculum. • When Tests Fail • Teacher Stress • What's Worth Knowing?

  3. Problems • Higher Test Scores Do Not Mean More Learning. • Lower Graduation Rates • At-Risk Students Placed at Greater Risk.

  4. Acts • ESEA-The Elementary and Secondary Education Act • No Child Left Behind Act

  5. Statistics

  6. Who Is In Control

  7. Federal

  8. State

  9. Decision • The states should take the lead

  10. Bibliography

  11. WEBSITES STATISTICS • http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba636 • http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/22519.html • http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/eduwonkette/accountability/

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