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>From the current No Child Left website, an excerpt from the current lead pie=
ce by Scott Thompson http://nochildleft.com/2003/mar03leverage.html=20
Test scores are the symptom, not the underlying problem. And while strategie=
s aimed at raising test scores will probably result in higher test scores, t=
he unintended consequences of this symptomatic "solution" will be harmful, i=
f not toxic, to schools and students in the long run. Test-based accountabil=
ity assumes that higher test scores equal better learning, but researchers h=
ave found that it is possible to raise test scores without improving the qua=
lity of teaching and learning in the classroom. In fact, it is possible to r=
aise test scores by lowering the quality of teaching and learning.
Monty Neill, Ed.D.
Executive Director
FairTest
342 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-864-4810 fax 617-497-2224
[email protected]
http://www.fairtest.org
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>From the current No Child Left website, an excerpt f=
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the current lead piece by Scott Thompson </FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roma=
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<DIV>Test scores are the symptom, not the underlying problem. And while=20
strategies aimed at raising test scores will probably result in higher test=20
scores, the unintended consequences of this symptomatic =93solution=94 will=20=
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harmful, if not toxic, to schools and students in the long run. Test-based=20
accountability assumes that higher test scores equal better learning, but=20
researchers have found that it is possible to raise test scores without=20
improving the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom. In fact, it=
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possible to raise test scores by lowering the quality of teaching and=20
learning.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Monty Neill, Ed.D.<BR>Executive=20
Director<BR>FairTest<BR>342 Broadway<BR>Cambridge, MA=20
02139<BR>617-864-4810 fax 617-497-2224<BR><A href=3D"mai=
lto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A><BR><A href=3D"http://www.fa=
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