Bizarro World: I Heart Standardized Tests...And Republicans Don't?

in the news | January 22, 2015

Talking Points Memo

Conor P. Williams:

We need data to guide our instructional choices and our policymaking, even if those data are imperfect. Data from those NCLB-mandated assessments illuminated enormous racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps in American schools. Eliminating them now would be akin to refusing to take regular blood tests after seeing a few rounds of worrying cholesterol counts.

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