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Trouble with Testing

Trouble with Testing. Jillian Wong Paula Francis. Problems. Standardized Testing Shrinks the Curriculum. When Tests Fail Teacher Stress What's Worth Knowing?. Problems. Higher Test Scores Do Not Mean More Learning . Lower Graduation Rates At-Risk Students Placed at Greater Risk. Acts.

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Trouble with Testing

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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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