Spotlight on High-Stakes Testing
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781891792144
Subjects: Elementary; Research; Testing & Measurement; Education; Education / Teaching; Educational accountability; Educational tests and measurem; Educational tests and measurements; United States
Description: Contributors address such issues as how educators can manage the "avalanche" of tests; whether the benefits of high-stakes tests justify the risks to students; what "real accountability" means for educators; and how teaching and learning can suffer when schools focus too heavily on test preparation.