Sentences with phrase «stakes testing corrupt»

Not only does high - stakes testing corrupt the process by pressing teachers to teach to the test, Slekar says, it also diverts them from mentoring struggling students.

Most of the contributors to the volume have found evidence that policies that focus on high - stakes testing corrupt educational reform and undermine achievement, especially for at - risk students.

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When high stakes are attached to measures, Campbell's Law says the measures will be corrupted (e.g., by changing the way teachers are assigned to students, increased teaching to the test, etc.).

Later that same month, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) approved a resolution stating that high - stakes testing of students and teachers creates a «disastrous shame - and - blame / test - and - punish accountability system that corrupts the teaching and learning process.»