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Tag: Standardized Test

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A New Resistance to Standardized Tests

A fresh national movement to oppose the standardized testing of young students is afoot. The Bartleby Project aims to invalidate state test results by getting parents and their children to simply opt out of testing; if enough did so, that would make schools’ yearly progress ratings meaningless. (more)

Posted on Sep 4, 2011 READ MORE | 6 COMMENTS

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Reality TV on the SAT

Figuring in among the many gauges of intelligence on this year’s SAT is one that raised a controversy for reasons beyond the usual critique that the infamous test for college candidates favors certain populations with access to a particular kind of knowledge and training ...

Posted on Mar 16, 2011 READ MORE | 6 COMMENTS

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