No Erasure Left Behind Is Key to Stopping Test Mischief: View
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The plague started in Georgia, then made its way to Washington, Philadelphia and New Jersey. No, it’s not the trailer for “Contagion,” September’s big pandemic movie, but a distressing number of suspected cheating scandals in elementary and middle schools.
The No Child Left Behind Act, enacted in 2002, didn’t invent standardized tests, but it set national standards based on them. Meeting those standards now plays a huge role in determining school financing, teacher promotion and student advancement.
The theory of high-stakes testing and the wisdom of the legislation are subjects for another day. The question now, though, is this: If so much depends on the test, then shouldn’t it be better
