Standardized and high stakes testing.
Date Submitted: 08/03/2004 21:31:08
Category: / Society & Culture / Education
Length: 6 pages (1774 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Education
Length: 6 pages (1774 words)
"Public outcry has been heard throughout the country in recent years, as an increasing number of states introduce tough new standards and tests for students and schools" (Olson 10). Students and parents in Arizona regularly show their opposition to the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test by picketing the Department of Education building in downtown Phoenix. The secrecy surrounding the test prompted The Arizona Republic to sue the state to make the test public. A …
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…be their only education is no way to invest in the future.
Works Cited
Gallagher, Chris. "A Seat at the Table: Teachers Reclaiming Assessment
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Olson, Lynn. "Test of Wills."Education Week, Vol. 10, No. 6, March 1999,
pp. 10-11.
Schmoker, Mike. "The Quiet Revolution in Achievement." Education Week,
Vol. 19, No. 10, November 3, 1999, pp. 32, 35.
Sirotnik, Kenneth A. and Kimball, Kathy. "Standards for Standards-Based
Accountability Systems." Kappan, Vol. 81, No. 3, November 1999,
pp. 209-214.
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