I've written previously about the disconnect between near - term test score gains and changes in later life outcomes. (educationnext.org)
This concern is similar to issues that have arisen in other fields about the reliability of near - term indicators as proxies for later life outcomes. (educationnext.org)
To be sure, studies do not show a perfect one - to - one relationship between impacts on test scores and impacts on later life outcomes — no one expects they would. (educationnext.org)