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[quote=Anonymous]The "objective measure" we had in my day for ES and MS students was the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.  We did no prep for this test, it could be taken in under two hours and was crafted and graded by a non-profit entity (the University of Iowa). No opt out movement developed around avoiding this test.  The country could have stuck with a simple test of basic literacy and numeracy like that for the younger kids, along with the SAT, ACT, AP and International Baccalaureate exams for high school students.

High-stakes testing simply hasn't worked well to raise standards in our public schools. If you like to tout the merits of the high-performing school systems supported by economic competitor countries in Asia and Europe, then take a close look at what they do, rather than push testing as bandaid treatment. European countries tend to focus on alleviating child poverty in ways the US does not. Our competitors aren't afraid to academically track secondary school students, to ensure that the brightest and hardest working are appropriately challenged. They also aren't reluctant to accord teachers good training and high status professionally. Teacher pay doesn't tend to be better in other rich countries, but working conditions do. In Metro areas in China, the best teenage students are routinely invited to attend state-sponsored boarding schools for free.  Etc. etc.

We aren't gaining much ground on ed reform in the global arena because we go about it the wrong way, the lazy, superficial, cheap, myopic way.[/quote]

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