Many schools abandoned decades of research and training in whole child and developmentally appropriate pedagogy to focus on boosting test score outcomes. (morecaucusnyc.org)
Why it's effective: Research shows that SEL curriculum can boost test scores by as much as 11 percent and decrease classroom behavior problems by nine percent. (edudemic.com)
They say they've tried repeatedly to get the message across to teachers that spending time on reading comprehension «skills» won't boost test scores. (dceduphile.org)