Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he is concerned about testing too, but he has written he «strongly believes» in annual
tests as an educational tool.
The merits — or lack thereof — of
testing as an educational tool has, since the introduction of the No Child Left Behind Act under President George W. Bush, become a polarizing topic in American politics.
Not exact matches
Standardized
tests should be used
as diagnostic
tools to move children forward in their
educational journey and not
as a benchmark to stigmatize students and teachers.
Koretz focuses his research primarily on
educational assessment and
testing, particularly when it is used
as a
tool of education policy.
Student achievement
tests as tools of
educational policy: Practices and consequences.
One possibility is our own generation, now, is to build a model polar city with funding from someone like Sir Richard Branson or the Google people and letting volunteer «residents»
test it out during summer months in a place such
as Norway or Iceland or Alaska, mostly
as an
educational tool and public awareness vehicle.