This is What Happens With High Stakes Testing
Over testing of our students and merit pay, two of the planks in the platform of what has been termed “education reform”.
Does it work? If you check out the articles in the right hand column of this website under “High Stakes Testing” and “Merit Pay”, you can decide for yourself.
Also read New Regulations Fail Teachers by Jim Horn and Esperanza Donovan-Pendzic.
In the meantime, see how it affected the folks in Atlanta as it did under Rhee’s reign while Chancellor of Schools in DC. Check out Cheating Fears Cast Doubt on Rhee’s Legacy in DC Public Schools and Rhee and the School Cheating Investigations: Do Incentives Corrupt?
In the New York Times Education section published on July 5th, Systematic Cheating is Found in Atlanta’s School System. An excerpt:
A state investigation released Tuesday showed rampant, systematic cheating on test scores in this city’s long-troubled public schools, ending two years of increasing skepticism over remarkable