The Ambiguity of Teaching to the Test: Standards, Assessment, and Educational Reform
by William A. Firestone
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Testing is one of the most controversial of all state and federal educational policies. The effects of testing are quite ambiguous. The same test may lead to different consequences in different circumstances, and teachers may use very different strategies to prepare students for tests. Although most experts agree that mandatory testing leads to teaching to the test, they disagree about whether it leads to meaningless drill, wasted time, de-professionalizing teachers, and demotivating show more students, or to more challenging and thoughtful curricula, more engaging teaching, increased student mot show lessTags
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