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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No Child Left Behind/Every Child Succeeds Act required school districts to jump through certain hoops each year involving high stakes state tests for students in grades and evaluating teachers in part based on student test score improvement.

Is there any evidence that requiring high stakes tests every year has actually improved student learning, though?

Because it's a LOT of testing. And causes a lot of disruption to the school day.  We have the state tests, then the county benchmark tests. And kids with accommodations get their accommodations but not always at the same time as the classroom tests, so they sometimes miss some more instruction. Not just once a year, but many many times a year.

Is all this testing showing good results?  Because if not, maybe we could get rid of all these mandatory tests and get rid of school report cards based on how well students perform on these tests.

([b]Except if we got rid of the school report cards, how would parents know where to buy a house?)[/quote][/b]

Or if the teachers can effectively teach the students?  Testing holds schools accountable.  Without them, parents will be kept further in the dark as to how much learning is really taking place relative to national standards.  Whenever I hear educators rail against testing, what I really hear are educators who want to reduce oversight and transparency in their classrooms.[/quote]

How do private schools do it? They seem to do ok[/quote]

Most private schools give standardized testing every year, precisely so that parents can evaluate the effectiveness of the school and teachers.  They juts don't make a big deal out of it, which I suspect actually allows the kids to do better than the hoopla that the public schools do.  (I have one in each. I don't notice any significant difference in the amount of standardized testing.  I do notice a *very* significant difference in the amount of discussion and drama surrounding testing.)[/quote]

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