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Testing, Testing
Orfield, Gary | June 5, 2000 issue

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The standards-based school reform movement has galvanized a broad coalition from right to left since the publication of "A Nation at Risk" in 1983 under the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Conservatives and business leaders are drawn to its pledge to improve the accountability of a public school system they see as an entrenched bureaucracy, as well as to its goal of preparing a more globally competitive work force. Unfortunately, this movement has all too frequently been reduced to a single policy: high-stakes testing. This policy links the score on one set of standardized tests to grade promotion, high school graduation and, in some cases, teacher and principal salaries and tenure decisions.

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EDUCATIONAL change; PUBLIC schools; GRADING & marking (Students); STANDARDIZED tests; EDUCATIONAL innovations; UNITED States
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