Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Revealing and closing the achievement gap: Standardized testing does neither

Sent to the NY Times, April 5, 2016




Stephen Krashen







  1. Yes - testing in the US is all about data collection. It doesn't really have much to do with learning. While this is certainly true for low income students and struggling schools, it's also true across the board. Here's a post I wrote about teachers are turning into data gatherers -- and not only is it not helping student learning but it's dehumanizing the teaching profession. http://mayathiagarajan.blogspot.sg/2016/02/awash-in-data-perils-of-data-driven.html

  2. While there is little to no evidence that standardized testing aids children, I would argue that there is a growing mass of evidence that standardized testing HURTS children in multiple ways. In my opinion, the standardized testing of diverse student populations is not only wrong, it is immoral.