Sentences with phrase «testing as an educational tool»

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.

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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.
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