Title: Test Anxiety: Are Students Failing Tests — Or are Tests Failing Students?
Abstract: We know too well the alphabet soup of high-stakes tests - ITBS, SAT, ACT, and GRE. Our scores on some of these tests brand us for life, creating hopeful futures or lost opportunities. But NCLB raises even these high stakes. In this article, we detail the pitfalls of NCLB's reign of test or consequences that have led critics like Ger ald Bracey to call the misguided venture the No Child Left Act. We describe seven reasons why NCLB will not work and offer alternative standards that empower teach DAVID SADKER is a professor of education at American University, Washington, D.C., where KAREN ZITTLEMAN is a doctoral student in the School of Education. 0 2004, David Sadker and Karen Zit tleman.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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