Sentences with phrase «testing obsession»
"Testing obsession" refers to a strong preoccupation or excessive focus on continuously evaluating or assessing something through various tests or experiments. Full definition
Who is it, then, that benefits from testing obsession?
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Related story: NCLB co-author says he never anticipated federal law would force testing obsession It's a sad outcome because the parents who could take advantage of this data the most, where school improvement is most needed, tend to be from the most disadvantaged and disenfranchised communities.
But Klein's less - than - honest autobiography has been accepted unquestioningly by allies like Arne Duncan who use it, as he does, to support needless test obsession for millions of schoolchildren, on the theory that more accountability for teachers will cure our social ills.
The lawmaker's help, said Carlisto, was critical to enact the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), which reauthorized federal K - 12 programs and created the opportunity for states to bring about «the end of standardized test obsession.»
Test obsession eats up classroom time, narrows curriculum, destroys children's love of learning, and fuels the school - to - prison pipeline.
«The moral compass of this state has been clouded not only by the test obsession but also by the complete neglect of some students in this state.
Fighting back against the testing obsession that, under the guise of accountability, is hijacking public schooling.
Because of APPR, the NYS educator - evaluation system, the test obsession does not end with the state exam.
Or, maybe the problem is our test obsession?
Rep. George Miller, a leading architect of the No Child Left Behind legislation, says he never anticipated that the landmark education law would ignite the testing obsession that engulfed the nation's schools, leading to what some have charged is a simplistic «drill and kill» approach that subverts real instruction.
She called out the testing obsession that, under the guise of accountability, is hijacking public schooling and said that too many officials are «reducing children to test scores and teachers to algorithms,» especially by using value - added measures.
In Oklahoma the state legislature and governor doubled down on the testing obsession to declare that no third grader could go to fourth grade if they missed the mandated cut score on the reading test by even one point....
The AFT has called for an end to the testing obsession and for a moratorium on the high - stakes consequences attached to the Common Core State Standards - aligned assessments until the more rigorous standards have been implemented properly.
The new measure comes at a time when parents around the country are also fed up with the testing obsession.