Email this LII item:
The Inevitable Corruption of Indicators and Educators Through High-Stakes Testing
This paper describes factors leading to corruption in K-12 standardized testing, such as cheating by teachers, administrators, and students, "teaching to the test" (often cutting out creative curriculum elements), and exclusion of low performers from the test process. From the Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Arizona State University. Opens directly into a PDF document.
http://epsl.asu.edu/epru/documents/EPSL-0503-101-EPRU.pdf
Asterisk
*
indicates required field.
Your Name
*
Your Email Address
*
Recipient Email Address(es)
*
(separate multiple addresses with commas)
Message
Enter the verification code as it is shown in the box below. This helps prevent automated submissions.
*