Fwd: [ARN-state] Fw: High Stakes Testing - This Week's Podcast

[Susan Harman <susanharman@igc.org>]

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> From: "Monty Neill" <monty@fairtest.org>
> Date: Mon Mar 20, 2006  8:04:00 AM US/Pacific
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> From: "John Merrow" <news@merrow.org>
> To: <monty@fairtest.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:46 AM
> Subject: High Stakes Testing - This Week's Podcast
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>
> Friends,
>
> This week's podcast delves into the contentious issue of high stakes
> testing in education. George Madaus, testing analyst of over 30 years,
> shares his insights into the science of testing and how it plays out in
> the classroom. He believes that even though tests can provide useful
> feedback to educators and parents, the intrinsic defects of the testing
> methodology itself can have unintended negative consequences. Like Ted
> Sizer, he describes testing in medical terms. Can you imagine having
> surgery as a result of a single test? George would want a few different
> tests and a second opinion, and I imagine you would too.
>
> Listen to an extended interview with George Madaus at:
> http://www.pbs.org/merrow/podcast/
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> Thanks,
>
> John
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