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Standardized Testing: What’s Wrong? | VIEWPOINT

By Frederick M. Hess

November 02, 2017

Daniel Koretz, author of “The Testing Charade: Pretending To Make Schools Better”, argues that high-stakes testing hasn’t improved education, but has degraded instruction, led to widespread gaming and cheating, and inflated scores. AEI’s Rick Hess asks Professor Koretz how schools can do a better job of measuring student achievement.