The harmful side effects of high stakes testing (was standard and substandard kids)

["Allen Flanigan." <Allen.Flanigan@USPTO.GOV>]

I think some people exhibit a sort of insidious prejudice in underestimating
the intelligence of children.  They think that children will not notice if
they are placed in "remedial" classes to try and boost their test scores,
that they will not feel stigmatized by having to go to summer school ("don't
worry, honey, this just means we have more work to do") when many of their
peers do not.  They think children will be unaffected by the fact that they
struggled with so many questions on the big important state test.

 One high-stakes test lover on the ednews bulletin board actually blames
teachers and parents.  According to him, if children are stressed out over
tests, it's the fault of the grownups (i.e. teachers and parents) around
them.  He can't conceive of putting the blame where it belongs, i.e. on the
politicians who are misusing the tests in attaching severe consequences to
the outcome.

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Thanks Juanita, Nance, Victor et. al.

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