Testing overkill and its consequences; Be our guest
In thousands of schools across the state, social studies, art, music and other non-tested subjects all but disappeared from classrooms as teachers were pressured by administrators to raise test scores at all costs. Children's results were factored into a mysterious "value-added" algor...
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Published in | Daily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920) |
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Format | Newspaper Article |
Language | English |
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New York, N.Y
Tribune Publishing Company, LLC
01.10.2018
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Summary: | In thousands of schools across the state, social studies, art, music and other non-tested subjects all but disappeared from classrooms as teachers were pressured by administrators to raise test scores at all costs. Children's results were factored into a mysterious "value-added" algorithm that claimed - without solid evidence - to be able to evaluate the quality of teachers and schools. [...]tens of thousands of parents pulled their children out of the process, joining teachers in rebelling against the test-and-punish regimen beloved of hedge-fund charter school supporters, former Mayor Bloomberg and other advocates of school "reform." |
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