School accountability, american style: dilemmas of high-stakes testing
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High-Stakes Testing
I review the literature on the impact on student achievement of high-stakes testing. Its popularity as a mechanism for holding educators accountable has triggered studies to examine whether its promise to increase student learning has been fulfilled. The review concludes there is no consistent evidence to suggest high-stakes testing leads to increases in student learning. Some evidence suggests...
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عنوان ژورنال: Swiss Journal of Educational Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 2624-8492,1424-3946
DOI: 10.24452/sjer.29.1.4765