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• Predictable Losers in Testing Schemes

  by PETER SACKS

  High-stakes testing leaves schools and students consumed in a "cult of measurement," argues the author of Standardized Minds: The High Price of America's Testing Culture and What We Can Do To Change It.

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• The Mismeasurement of Educational Quality

  by W. JAMES POPHAM

  School leaders have a duty to undo the harm being perpetuated on schools today by testing programs.read more | purchase issue
• My Stakes Well Done

  by DANIEL A. DOMENECH

  The superintendent of the Fairfax County, Va., Public Schools contends the misguided use and interpretation of high-stakes testing threatens to undermine the whole standards movement.read more | purchase issue
• Testing in Texas

  by JOSEPH F. JOHNSON JR., URI TREISMAN AND ED FULLER

  An authority on statewide assessment at the University of Texas identifies eight factors of the state's accountability system that contribute to improvements in academic achievement of all students.read more | purchase issue
• Doing High-Stakes Assessment Right

  by ANDREW PORTER

  The director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research argues for assessments that are aligned to ambitious content standards, leading toward more ambitious curriculum and better outcomes.read more | purchase issue
• When Educators Cheat

  by DONNA HARRINGTON-LUEKER

  How school leaders can better prevent unethical and unlawful behavior in this age of high-stakes testing.read more | purchase issue
• Trouble With a Capital 'T'

  by GLYNN D. LIGON

  From his 20 years as a district administrator of testing, the author details 10 categories of cheating by educators.read more | purchase issue
• Putting Instruction on the Line

  by W. JAMES POPHAM

  In a districtwide experiment, teachers documented gains in their students' high-level skills in science and writing.read more | purchase issue