Wednesday, March 23, 2005

The Inevitable Corruption of Indicators and Educators through High-Stakes Testing

I can't say enough good things about this recent study by my colleague, Professor David Berliner (Arizona State University) and his co-author, Professor Sharon L. Nichols (UT—San Antonio).

  • The Inevitable Corruption of Indicators and Educators through High-Stakes Testing


  • It provides excellent workable analogies on the harmful effects of high-stakes-anything across wide-ranging arenas like medicine, industry, police enforcement, sports, academia in order to make the strong and convincing claim why high-stakes testing in education is bad policy for kids and bad for schools.

    It provides an enormous amount of evidence on the collateral effects of high-stakes testing. And it's written in accessible language that newspaper reporters and the public in general can understand.

    Read their piece—long but actually a quick read and share it with everyone you know.

    Angela

    1 comment:

    1. I complimented David Berliner & Sharon Nichols on their publication. David said to be on the lookout for another one soon. When this happens, I'll let everyone know. -Angela

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