Test-based accountability will work better if we acknowledge how little we know about it, if the federal government devotes appropriate resources to studying it, and if states make ongoing efforts ...

The Obama administration’s proposal fails to address the most serious problem associated with testing: the collateral damage to instruction that results from test-based-accountability pressure.

There is a new book out with a title that in eight words explains a good part of the mess that school reform based on standardized tests has been in recent years. The title is “The Testing ...

Imagine for a moment taking your car to a mechanic who does not fix your car problems – and then letting that same mechanic ...

Answer Sheet Two important points about test-based accountability October 5, 2012 More than 12 years ago Summary By Valerie Strauss ...

It’s time to stop pretending that test-based accountability is improving schools, and turn to other approaches that will create less harm.

“Race to the Top” is not equal educational opportunity. It is a race in which states race to the top to have more privatized schools, more test-based accountability, more basic skills ...

Problem: test-based accountability assumed that publicizing and penalizing poor performance on narrow measures of year-end proficiency would drive improvement.

Since No Child Left Behind first rumbled onto the scene, the use of a Big Standardized Test to drive accountability and measure success has been a fundamental piece of education reform. But ...

Test-based accountability would close the gaps, we were told, but even in Finland, most high school graduates do not go to a university. Vocational education is more common than a university education ...

Key Points Policymakers increasingly face questions about whether test-based accountability paints an overly narrow picture of school performance. One proposed strategy for reducing reliance on ...

The new system replaces the Academic Performance Index, the state’s test-based accountability system that gave each school a one-number rating.