And how would high
stakes testing affect that vision?
The National Board recommends rigorous applied studies to help understand how high
stakes tests affect students» decisions to drop out and how schools, intentionally or otherwise, may encourage or discourage students to remain in school.
Ultimately, my hope is to learn if students feel that high -
stakes testing affects them emotionally or academically.
In a summary of their original research, the largest study yet conducted on this issue, Audrey L. Amrein and David C. Berliner (p. 32) examine whether high -
stakes tests affect student improvement on other test measures, dropout rates, and motivation to learn.
Not exact matches
At a time when the corporate education reformers like Governor Cuomo scapegoat teachers, underfund public schools, and push high -
stakes testing linked to Common Core as way to justify the expansion of privately - managed charter schools, she has persistently brought forth real facts about how poverty, segregation, and inequitable school funding
affect testing and achievement in public schools.
The unions» petition follows their aggressive push for a three - year moratorium on using
tests aligned to the rigorous Common Core standards for «high
stakes» decisions
affecting teachers and students.
The petition comes as the union continues to call for a three - year moratorium on using
tests aligned to the rigorous Common Core standards for «high
stakes» decisions
affecting teachers and students.
The organization aims to reduce or eliminate the use of high
stakes testing, increase teacher autonomy in the classroom and work to include teacher and family voices in legislative decision - making processes that
affect students.
In writing her recent book, The
Test, NPR's lead education blogger Anya Kamenetz wanted to trace high -
stakes testing back to its roots in the hope of understanding where these
tests come from, how they are made, and how they are really
affecting teaching and learning in the United States.
A forthcoming study by a pair of Stanford University researchers is further stoking the debate over whether states» high -
stakes testing programs can positively
affect academic achievement.
Officials at the Department of Education's office for civil rights have expanded a controversial draft guide outlining the proper use of high -
stakes tests in an effort to better detail the legal principles involved and ways in which such issues will
affect students.
The furor over allowing parents to pull their students from taking state
tests is a newer phenomenon, but can
affect the legitimacy and even funding of high -
stakes tests.
The education debate changed, too: A cheating scandal in Atlanta public schools in 2009 raised questions about how high -
stakes testing was
affecting schools.
«It will absolutely
affect instruction, hands down, because the June
test will have exponentially higher
stakes, and everyone is going to be teaching to that
test.»
While the rising percentage of high school graduates described by Murnane occurred at the peak of the
testing and accountability movement, it is clear that high
stakes accountability disproportionately
affects those students in need of the most support.
«Sorry, I'm Not Taking This
Test» (Mother Jones, September / October 2015) Excellent, in - depth look at how high -
stakes testing is
affecting children across the U.S., particularly those from low - income families and communities of color.
Excellent, in - depth look at how high -
stakes testing is
affecting children across the U.S., particularly those from low - income families and communities of color.