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Mixed emotions about standardized testing
from NAESP
The author of the
Speaking Out article
in the January/February issue of
Principal
magazine feels conflicted about high-stakes testing because although NCLB requires it and principals are expected to use the resulting data to inform their decision-making, the process adds undue stress to students and the data from a single achievement test are not representative of a student's abilities. "While we know these assessments are increasing anxiety and stress," the author writes, "states continue to promote the test as unavoidable, and administrators capitulate by pressing teachers to prepare their students and by encouraging test performance as early as elementary school."
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