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Monday, June 27, 2011

How standardized testing is being expanded - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

How standardized testing is being expanded - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

How standardized testing is being expanded

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This was written by Lisa Guisbond, a policy analyst for the nonprofitNational Center for Fair & Open Testing, known as FairTest. The report, Flawed Massachusetts Teacher Evaluation Proposal Risks Further Damage to Teaching and Learning, is available here.

By Lisa Guisbond

Parents, teachers, and students: Raise your hands if you think what our schools need is more new tests and a greater emphasis on testing. If not, listen up, because this is exactly what our students and teachers face because of the reactions of Massachusetts, Maryland, Virgina, Ne