I've written several times recently about how short term gains in test scores are not associated with improved later life outcomes for students. (jaypgreene.com)
I've written previously about the disconnect between near - term test score gains and changes in 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)