What’s wrong with standardized tests?
Julie Woestehoff, who is Executive Director of PURE, developed this fact sheet regarding standardized testing which will be published on the Parents Across America website.
I wanted to share it with you now.
Dora
What’s wrong with standardized tests?
- They are designed to rank and sort children. Many use a scoring system in which half of all children in the nation always score below average.
- There is a well-known achievement gap between the test scores of white and Asian students and African-American and Latino students. Rather than help all children achieve, this overemphasis on
